Blue Tit, originally uploaded by Drosophi|a.
Photographer Drosophila tells us about this April 19, 2009 image: This was taken in Scotland, near Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire. The Daffodils were well kept by the gardeners and provided the perfect backdrop for the little Blue Tit I managed to photograph.
Virginia ~ Blue Ridge Mountains, originally uploaded by smilla4.
Photographer smilla4 tells us about this April 11, 2009 image: It was taken along the road in Madison, Virginia…we actually stopped and did a fast u-turn to capture the image. At the time, we were driving from Washington, D.C. to visit Montpelier in Orange, VA.
More daffodils, originally uploaded by wendyb1214.
This is a cool Skagit photo. Photographer wendyb1214 tells us: This was taken in Mount Vernon, Washington – an area of Washington state known as the Skagit Valley. There are many farms here growing both flowers – daffodils, tulips, and iris – and vegetables. Each spring, the area bursts into colorful bloom, it’s really magical. Unfortunately, i don’t know anything about the daffodils themselves. Oh, and the photo was taken on April 14, 2009.
Here is the Skagit Valley page on daffodilfestivals.com.
daffodil arcs, originally uploaded by psyberartist.
Photographer psyberartist has posted a series of beautiful images from early spring at Laurel Ridge (April 17, 2009), and tells us: They were all taken at the same place: There’s a farm called “Laurel Ridge” in Northfield, CT, where there are acres of fields/hills covered in daffodils. The site is locally famous; between end of March and early May, people park along the side of the (rural) road and walk among the daffodils. The hills end at a lake or pond that has a small island in the middle; island also is full of daffodils.
If you google “Laurel Ridge” and daffodils, you can get more info about the place. It’s in Northwestern CT.
Here is the Laurel Ridge page on daffodilfestivals.com.
In the Springtime…, originally uploaded by boileraae.
We don’t see many photos of daffodils in NYC, and this is a great capture from March 31, 2009. Photographer boileraae tells us: The photo was taken 3 weeks ago in Central Park, New York City. I believe the body of water is officially known as “The Lake”. I geotag my photos, so check the link on the photo page to see a map of where the photo was taken.
For a cool look at boileraae’s photos, here is his flickriver page.
Field of daffodils, originally uploaded by my_southborough.
Photographer my_southborough tells us about this Massachusetts meadow: The photo was taken on April 18 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden (http://www.towerhillbg.org/) in the town of Boylston – a lovely spot in Central Massachusetts. I don’t know what kind of daffodils they are.
I have a few other daffodil shots: www.flickr.com/photos/mysouthborough/tags/daffodil/. All except the ones by the stone wall were taken at Tower Hill on 4/18. The ones by the stone wall were taken in Southborough, MA.
IMG_0756, originally uploaded by CS_McMahon.
Looks like spring is actually arriving in Chicago, though the trees don’t quite know it yet. Here’s the larger size of the posted photo.
Photographer CS_McMahon tells us about this April 19, 2009 photo: It was taken at the Chicago Botanical Gardens, this past Saturday. I have no idea which variety they are… I just thought they were gorgeous.
The Garden has a lot of beautiful daffodils. The American Daffodil Society National Show will be at the Garden this weekend.
www.chicagobotanic.org/
getting a little perspective, originally uploaded by t-squared.
Photographer t-squared tells us about this April 19, 2009 image: I took the photo last Sunday in the Skagit Valley north of Seattle. We were there for the tulips (Skagit Valley Tulip Festival) but were drawn to this lovely field of daffodils. I also try to do something beyond the cliche so I dropped my camera down to water level in the row between the flowers. It was a great day.
For additional perspective on things besides daffodils, here is t-squared’s imagekind gallery.
amid the daffodils, originally uploaded by steven brannon.
Photographer Steven Brannon tells us about this April 3, 2009 photo: It was taken in the gardens of Muncaster Castle in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK just 15 miles from where I live. The daffodils in these parts can be truly fantastic, in fact a local poet – William Wordsworth – who was born about ten miles from where I live – wrote quite a famous poem about them.
Valley with daffodils Lundy Island, originally uploaded by l.j.george.
Photographer l.j.george tells us about this beautiful place: The picture was take on Lundy Island, which is in the Bristol Channel, about ten miles off the coast of Devon, England.
Lundy is a small island three miles long and half a mile wide. It is now mostly a nature reserve, but there are a few permanent residents. We were there on a short break because they do take visitors.
The valley is on the south east of the island which is more sheltered than the rest. The island is of course exposed to prevailing westerlies and most of it is grass and moorland. The valleys to the east do have more vegetation because they are on the leeward side of the island.
The photograph was taken on the evening of 21/03/2009.
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