HBW 2.18.09, originally uploaded by emeraldspiryt.
Photographer emeraldspiryt tells us about this February 18, 2009 photo: It was taken in Richmond, Virginia. A late spring this year is holding the daffodils in bud longer than normal. This is the bud of a double daffodil. The bud has been on the plant for four weeks, though two heavy frosts and two light snows.
Hey, Winter, we double daffodil dare you to snow on us again!
Daffodils!, originally uploaded by tempichanges.
Photographer tempichanges tells us about this February 17, 2009 photo: [Photo was] taken on the jogging trail past the student housing at National University of Ireland, Galway. It was quite remarkable to see this little glen of daffodils, amongst all the trees that had yet to bud.
Is it spring,taken to-day Feb22nd 2009, originally uploaded by ed12val3.
The photographer ed12val3 tells us about this February 22, 2009 photo: It was taken In my back garden, In the historic Village of Abbots Bromley,Staffordshire England. My Wife thinks it is Golden Harvest.
OK, we know we are being anthropomorphic, but we love this affectionate composition. We call it “Mother and Child”.
Wine Tasting, originally uploaded by Jenevieve Caroline.
Photographer Jenevieve Caroline tells us about this February 21, 2009 photo: They were taken in Altus, AR on the side of a hill.
Point Bonita – Spring for Golden Gate, originally uploaded by Camryn Brown.
The Photographer Camryn Brown tells us about this February 21, 2009 photograph: It was taken on the path to the Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands near San Francisco. If you follow the “map” link from the photo details, I have geo-tagged it fairly precisely. The satellite view shows more as the map is fairly blank right there.
The photo is taken looking back towards the Golden Gate Bridge. Because the foreground is in focus, the background is blurry but at the right side of the bridge you can just make out the shapes of some of the tall buildings in San Francisco. It was taken mid/late afternoon on Saturday which was one of the few good weather days in the Bay Area recently.
Lapwing Wood, originally uploaded by elaine174.
The photographer elaine174 tells us: After the heavy snowfall at the beginning of the month, the daffs in Lapwing Wood are getting ready to bloom and we will hopefully see some golden colours very soon.
Here’s the winter version of daffodils in Lapwing Wood – same location, if not the same daffs.
Kingston Lacy daffodils, originally uploaded by elaine174.
Photographer elaine174 tells us about this February 20, 2009 photo: Kingston Lacy is a National Trust house and garden in Dorset. It is currently open for spring flower walks and is particularly famous for the snowdrops. Nice to see some daffs giving the snowdrops some competition!
daffodil boat, originally uploaded by H.Stephanie.
The photographer H.Stephanie shares this lovely February 20, 2009 photo with us: This piece is taken in Yangmingshang National Park, Taipei, Taiwan. The park is now holding an annual flower festival. Though its main focus is cherry blossoms, those daffodils on the boat are still unique and eye-catching. And I did take a lot of them. ^^;
Cornish daffs, originally uploaded by Webrarian.
The photographer Webrarian tells us about this February 21, 2009 photo: It was taken in the Cornish town of Penzance which is about as far west as you can go in England without falling into the Atlantic Ocean.
It has a reputation for growing early daffodils because it is much milder there than other parts of the UK. The Cornish fields are full of two crops at the moment – daffodils and cauliflowers.
These were outside a house in Penzance itself.
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Daffodils in San Fran, originally uploaded by kirstykat.
Photographer kirstykat tells us about this February 8, 2009 image: The photo was taken up on Coit Tower, in San Francisco. Daffodils are my favourite flower, and it was so lovely to see them, after having spent five months living in the desert in Arizona (no daffodils there!).
kirstykat has additional comment on the flickr post: Anybody who knows me, knows daffodils are my favourite flower, and a dollar bunch of them are truly, truly the way to my heart, yay!
It has been so surreal to see trees, and leaves, and flowers, and grass, and songbirds, and mushrooms and toadstools again, and to inhale the smell of earth and soil again, after four months of camping on red sand and grey, volcanic ash.
I think I’m a bit giddy from being back in a temperate climate again. I almost did backflips on Telegraph Hill when I came across these flowers! Awesometopia.
Daffodils, originally uploaded by chapelhill.preservation.
This is very interesting! Photographer chapelhill.preservation tells us about this February 11, 2009 photo: These flowers are taken in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They are residual flowers from a 19th century homesite the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill is trying to save. A good way for us to identify historic areas where houses once stood is to look for beautiful daffodils. Flower can be historic tools.
, originally uploaded by dusty_chenille.
Photographer dusty_chenille tells us about this February 9, 2009 photo: I took this picture at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia, in early February. This one was the large-cupped narcissus “Pinza”… Such a beautiful deep yellow in the center.
The first daffodils in spring are such beacons of hope and happiness after the winter.
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.
Daffodil Narcissus, originally uploaded by snow_fire41.
Looks like spring came very early to Louisiana. Here is what photographer snow_fire41 tells us about this January 18, 2009 photo: The picture was taken in my back yard. I live in Center Point, La.
Winter on the outside, spring on the inside, originally uploaded by Sally Kamille.
Photographer Sally Kamille tells us about this February 16, 2009 image: The photo is taken in Copenhagen, Denmark on a very snowy day. And I thought the daffodils would brighten the day up a bit. My mom bought them for a dollar in a super market.
Daffodils, originally uploaded by gurel.ayse.
Photographer gurel.ayse tells us: This [February 13, 2009] photo was taken in Amasra, Turkey. Amasra (pop. 7000; anciently called Amastris) is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartın Province, Turkey.
Amasra is a 3 hour drive from Ankara (capital of Turkey). Fish is abundant and so very fresh! In fact, the daffodils were the centerpiece in a local fish restaurant. In the background is the sea and the bay, lovely view. Daffodils mean a lot to me, because they bloom in January, my birth month!
Spring is coming!, originally uploaded by *Vindaloo*.
Photographer *Vindaloo* tells us: The photo was taken in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The daffodils were growing in a little pot at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, which is a city centre farm close to where I live. My husband and I had taken our daughter there for the afternoon, the daffs were growing just outside the cafe/shop area. The farm’s website is www.mvuf.org.uk.
Note from iSpring: We live in a city but were unaware of the urban farm movement exemplified by the Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. Good stuff! Here is a November 23, 2008 CBS report on urban farms, including (part of) the video news report and the complete transcript.
Daffodils!, originally uploaded by tempichanges.
Photographer tempichanges tell us about this February 8, 2009 photo: I took this photo at Blarney Castle in Blarney, Ireland. They were the first I had seen pop up here in Ireland, but since I’ve taken a few photos here around Galway of the blooms that are coming out. It was quite a beautiful morning, if I can recall correctly, the sun had just come out after a good long rain, so the yellow of the blooms was even more vibrant.
Winter shoots, originally uploaded by elaine174.
Photographer elaine174 tells us about this February 14, 2009 photo: Most of the snow had gone, but there was still a lot in this wood – although melting. I expect it has all gone now.
We say: Perhaps this is the last snow of the season. Here come the daffodils.
Towards the Sun, originally uploaded by Miss Kim.
Photographer Miss Kim tells us about this February 10, 2009 image: I took the photo last week while visiting a tiny village in Albania! The place is called Krajen and it is nestled at the base of the northern mountains. Being February, we hadn’t expected to see flowers in bloom but this little church garden was right in the sunshine and it was lovely.
Photographer Dan-oh tells us: The [February 14, 2009] photo is just from my front yard in San Diego. We have a spiral mass planted and they’ve been blooming for a week or so. We have an old lawn area that we are slowly turning into a ‘meadow’ area and the daffs add some seasonal color. It helps that we had 2 weeks of 80 deg weather – before we had to force the daffodils up.
We asked Dan-oh what he means by “We have a spiral mass planted”, and here is what he tells us: Fun stuff. The planting is just a bulk planting of bulbs is a spiral formation. We started in the center and then just spiraled out from there. It’s an interesting formation.
Woodland Daffodils, originally uploaded by Jim-AR.
This February 13 photo is posted on Photographer Jim-AR‘s photostream with the following detail: Daffodils growing in a woodland area.. Did they escape from their beds and are encroaching in the woodland area… or was there an old homesite here at one time?
Jim-Ar tells us: These daffodils occur in a woodland area behind my house in Monticello, AR which is in the southeastern part of the State. [The first flower] opened on February 7 which happened to be my birthday… All the beds are in full bloom now and are just beautiful… I have brought several large bouquets indoors for the dining room table and bedroom..
R2152866, originally uploaded by Ramblings by Reba.
Photographer Ramblings by Reba tells us about this February 15, 2009 composition: I took the photo in Athens, Georgia, at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. There’s nothing “unusual” about the daffodils themselves… they’re just your garden variety daffodils. 
This photo originally posted to the Ramblings By Reba blog, where Reba gives more detail about her earthy photographic technique to get this shot!
Spring Flowers, originally uploaded by TheSheriffRocks.
Photographer Rachel Rosemire tells us: This is one of my favorites also. I have 4 daffodil photos in that same set and the details are as follows:
The photos were taken in my front yard, which is located near Lake Don Pedro in Mariposa County, California. The photos in that set were taken on February 12th, 2009, about 10 days after they first sprouted.
The only other photo I have is this one, which is literally the first one that sprouted on February 2, 2009. The bulbs were planted in late October. They were given to my mom over 20 years ago by an elderly Dutch man and have been replanted many times over the years and always successfully bloomed in January/February.
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