Artist and poet Melinda Schwakhofer has posted a dramatic series of images on her blog, Inspiraculum. Click through to see her spectacular series of photographs and words that celebrate “The Time of Wild Daffodils“. Melinda’s perfectly choreographed post ends with a special surprise, “To an Early Daffodil”.

Real Estate Mckenzie offers some fresh thoughts as the daffodils begin to show up in eastern North Carolina. Cool fact of the day: The daffodil is the official flower of Jacksonville, North Carolina!

Daffodils in a pot posted by Richiesoft Garden Blog. Richie, thanks for posting, the high resolution image is breath-taking.

The Magpie Files delights with first daffodils poetry, and the Magpie reader comments delight yet again and again.

1030 February Daffodils, originally uploaded by andy linden.

This magical photo was taken in England (by a London photographer) on February 11, 2008. Photographer Andy Linden has worked in black and white for many years. Now, we can see, he is working in black, white, and yellow.

Daffodils as Muse. City Limits posts a haiku and photo of first daffodils on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Click on Hillku to read City’s perfect haiku, “False Hope” (we’ve all been there!).

The Weekly Screed is posting a daily series of macro images (including the one above on day 2) taken by schatzkins.com starting on February 8 and continuing for as long as they last. Click through for commentary and remarkable “daffodils-eye” images (and be sure to click again on each image for the high-res). Don’t you just wish they were babies forever?

Light Reading posts this photo of early daffodils blooming on the grounds of a church in the center of Leeds.

Thanks to Polly-Vous Francais? for posting this enchanting photo of daffodils dancing in the Square Boucicaut. Merci beaucoup!

Visit Paris, or visit the blog for a very cool satellite image of the daffodils’ neighborhood in Paris.

Rose Colored Glasses posts a progression of first daffodil photos. If you want a treat, go this page and click on each one to display a high resolution version. Amazing! Thank you, Rhondi.

jinxmcc posts this quiet photo from the northern coast of California.

Readers have been sending pictures of the first signs of spring to the BBC News. This photo was taken by Mark Thomas out walking near Winchester. The little guys do look like they’ve just had a nice long nap.

Reports are coming in that Ulster daffodils are in bloom (January 25 newspaper report).

Fred Sandsmark’s Blog posts a photo of first daffodils in Castro Valley, California – and the last photos of, well, you should click on over to Fred’s blog to see what could possibly now be “last”.

Britain’s The Independent reports on the many signs that spring is on its way, including early daffodils and tadpoles. London’s Kew Gardens reports that their daffodils have beat their existing record by opening on January 16, “a week earlier than 2007, and 11 days earlier than the average for this decade for that type of the flower”.

dewelch uploads a photo of First Daffodils in Van Nuys, California.

One Gal’s Trash reports about a “lone bucket of daffodils” sitting outside her grocer’s door in Portland Oregon (dawn on January 26).

Odddutch posts this very cool photo of first daffodils along a Holland roadway.

Sue Thompson posts this photo taken January 26, 2008, in Hartholme Nature Park. What’s a photo without an appreciative audience? Check out the many comments left by the international fotocommunity.