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.