From Guern, France, Rhian posts this photo “Daffodils Promising an Appearance“.

Home Girl asks if you’ve seen any daffodils. Yahoo! Answers come in from all over the world.

In her online gallery, photographer Andune20 posts this splendid image of the first daffodils she has seen this year.

Spring is in the air in this French garden. Just ask the miniature daffodils. (Thank you, Aude France, for this happy picture.)

This is an excerpt from a Leanne Kesler Floral Design Institute DVD. I’m posting this because it is really the definition of lovely – even though it is not quite February.

Andrew Gray captures these thriving daffodil “babies” on January 22.

journal of a writing man posts a first daffodil photo on January 23, taken by the “minder of the cat” in Somerset and, judging from the numerous comments, lighting up faces around the world.

First Draft offers us a fine piece of writing on a day to think about Martin Luther King, daffodils, and hope.

TrekEarth photographer Denisem has posted an amazing photo. There’s a story to this photo. Click here for the story, the surprise ending, and to find out where Reasty is.

Notes from a Somerset Garden in England posts these photos of “our Tete a Tete daffodils under the Magnolia Tree” and “our larger old fashioned daffodils”.

[photos posted January 19, 2008]

barquar in the Wild About Britain forum announces via her cousin that daffodils are in bloom in Oxford.

Whitefootwolf posted this question to the Live Journal gardening group. Read the answers and worry no more.

The Heirloom Gardener posts a photo from last year, a garden path lined with daffodils. Go to this link to see what came after the daffodils.

Thanks to Peggy’s Mixed-Up Art for this really fun, yes magical, daffodils creation. If you want to add a few big smiles to your day, visit the other art on Peggy’s blog.

Photo credit: Lisa Acho Remorenko
I don’t think this cat has daffodil dances in mind. The Santa Barbara Independent reports on household dangers and keeping your pet safe.

This photo of a Cornwall field shows the first “thousands of” daffodils. A second photo and discussion about what it all means can be found here.

In this English village in North Worcestershire, a private garden opens to visitors February 13-14. Snowdrops and ancient daffodils are featured.

Paris Suburbanite photographs the first daffodils in that neighborhood, with a nice description and bit of wit.

From the StormTracker 46 Weather Blog in Atlanta, Georgia, a photo of new daffodils. Thanks for the post to Chris Smith from StormTracker 46, and the photographer, Noon newscast producer, Flip Fors.

Many varieties of daffodils bloom early (that is, before spring), and they are out now, says this article in a London paper.

These daffodils, in this photo apparently taken just before the tornadoes in Wisconsin, I wonder if they are still there? A Wendy Moore photo, thanks to Mike Prangley’s Lafayette Weather Blog.

Want to know the dates for your favorite daffodil festival and field in 2008? Here’s a new website (daffodilfestivals.com) which lists festivals and fields in North America.

If you know of any daffodil festival or field not listed there, you can send an email to the website author and get the event listed, or leave a comment here listing daffodil festivals and fields you know about.

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