The photographer, Fried Kampes, comments on this lovely and unusual photo: A christmas narcissus? Or is it just a scout for next spring? // ‘n Kerstnarcis? of is het gewoon een verkenner voor de komende lente?
We wrote to Fried to ask if it this was a common sight at Christmas time, and Fried replies: I know it IS here , in the Netherlands, very uncommon for daffodils to bloom in this time of the year. That’s why I was so surprised to see it this morning.
We’re using the photographer’s title of this December 17 photo because it is a perfect title. Mirona says this about the photo:
The photo is taken in our living room in London, yesterday. The daffodils have an amazing fragrance, which I believed until now that was only characteristic to white varieties. Both types of flowers were bought last Sunday at the Farmer’s Market on Moxon Street, London (Marylebone).
Mirona has a quote on her flickr page, and it happily applies to her photography: I’m here to live out loud (Emile Zola).
Update: We wondered what is in the red bowl. Here’s the answer from Mirona:
There is a floating purple candle in the red bowl, shaped like a snowflake. An early Christmas pressie 
from Habitat (London). It looks great but it doesn’t burn so well… Here you can see it better:
We wrote to Pine 57 in central Japan, asking about this wonderful seasonal photo taken on December 7. Here is the reply:
Thank you for noticing my super early daffodil photo. I’ve been noticing that this variety starts to bloom around Christmas-New Year in my backyard. December 7 is earlier than usual. The winter is mild in this region with snow only once every 7 years or so. Yesterday morning it was -0.5 C here, which is unusually cold for this area, so this winter may be the one for snow. I live in the central part of Japan, in Shizuoka Prefecture. My other daffodils will definitely bloom in spring, as they should.
In addition, we learned about two daffodil festivals in Japan, one beginning in a few weeks, and one likely in February. We’ll post that information at daffodilfestivals.com. Thanks for all this super information, Pine 57!
Update: daffodilfestivals.com has information about the United States and Canada. We will be adding information from other parts of the world over the next few months.
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