15 januari., originally uploaded by ~irene~.

Photographer ~irene~ writes to us about this January 15, 2010 photo: The picture is taken in Amsterdam on the Valeriusplein (square) in the old south part of the city, near the Vondelpark. It’s a beautiful neighbourhood. I made this picture on my lunchbreak. I make a daily picture for my Flickr page and suddenly my eyes caught the tips of these daffodils in the snow. There’s been heavy snow for weeks now and they made me feel all optimistic and happy.

Duck, originally uploaded by ashzhish.

Photographer ashzhish tells us about this bright-eyed April 2, 2009 image: I took the photo along the Witte Singel in Leiden, the Netherlands. I was charmed both by the luxurious carpet of daffodils lining the singel amd by the ducks wandering through them. After a long cold winter, the flowers – among the first harbingers of spring – were a warm and welcome sight.

Daffodils, originally uploaded by Dingeman..

Photographer Dingeman. tells us about this February 12, 2009 photo: It’s taken in my city Middelburg, an old city in The Netherlands, that was famous in the golden age, because of the VOC [Dutch East India Company]. The daffodils are growing between two roads, one gos into the city and the other one goes out of the city, I took this picture when I was waiting the red traffic light, on my way to home after work.

City Daffodils, originally uploaded by selyfriday.

Photographer selyfriday tells us about this February 12, 2009 photo: The picture was taken last Thursday in Amsterdam on the SpiegelGracht. Check the map flickr map option for an exact location.

The Daffy’s are in window planters on the front of this house by their windows. Just below out of shot is a bench you can sit in and watch the boats go by. The house is a very very old dutch canal house…

Snow and daffodils, originally uploaded by LaneH.

Photographer LaneH tell us about this February 8, 2009 photo: I snapped the photo in Amsterdam last weekend. I don’t know anything about the flowers themselves, they were growing outside a public building.

in our garden / in onze tuin, originally uploaded by friedkampes.

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.

This photo was taken by missgien, from her balcony in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.