2010-03-09 – Daffodils On The Promenade, Swansea, originally uploaded by Delta Whisky – The Old Folkie.
This photo is second in the series of two! Photographer Delta Whisky – The Old Folkie tells us about this March 9, 2010 image: There isn’t much to add, as you say it’s a follow up to the original. It was taken on a Nikon D90 with a Nikon 18mm-105mm lens. Fill in flash from the built in flash unit was used, stopped down by EV -1.3 so it wouldn’t overwhelm the background.
Skagit Valley Daffodils 007, originally uploaded by mizjane225.
Photographer mizjane225 tells us about this March 8, 2010 image: The photo was taken in the Skagit Valley just west of Mt. Vernon, Washington one morning last week. The valley is famous for huge fields of bulbs both daffodils and tulips. The flowers are grown by commercial bulb farmers. These photos on my stream were taken in the early morning when ground fog was still present. In this photo the ground fog blocked out any detail in the background therefore allowing for a very simple picture of just daffodils.
Click here for the Skagit Valley page on our website, daffodilfestivals.com.
More Daffodils, originally uploaded by Christopoulos.
Photographer Christopoulos tells us about this March 7, 2010 image: It was taken (like a few others I noticed you have posted) at Filoli in Woodside, California.
Click here for our Filoli page at daffodilfestivals.com.
Spring has arrived at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. The LGBG tells us: This photo shows the first of many daffodil blooms at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia. A Million Blooms, which begins on April 1 and runs through June 5, 2010, features a spectacular succession of beautiful blooms including daffodils, cherry blossoms, tulips, irises, roses, peonies, and more.
Here is information about the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.
Sprouting Daffodils, originally uploaded by Dendroica cerulea.
Photographer Dendroica cerulea tells us about this March 8, 2010 image: I took the photo in Highland Park, NJ. The photo is geotagged to the center of town. I don’t have much to say about these daffodils except that they are growing outside my home.
3.9, originally uploaded by shouting hallelujah.
Photographer shouting hallelujah tells us about this March 9, 2010 image: It’s from last week, at the Mount Holyoke College greenhouse bulb show. This is my first New England spring (I hail from Florida), so I’m reveling in the blooming things 
Her flickr comment adds more: Went with Round the World Women to the Mount Holyoke College greenhouses. Inside our favorite one, it was like Easter. Amazing.
The New Variety of Daffodil Opened!, originally uploaded by IngallsIdylGirl.Photographer IngallsIdylGirl tells us about this March 5, 2010 image: My sister sent me these glorious bulbs. There are five types of daffodils blooming right now…
These daffodils live in rural Eugene, Lane County, Oregon.
Skagit Daffodils, originally uploaded by roswellsgirl.
Here is a lovely image by photographer roswellsgirl, taken of the Skagit Valley daffodils in bloom on March 6, 2010.
See “First Daffodils” in Skagit Valley in this photo by roswellsgirl posted in January .
Here is information about the Daffodil Festival in Washington State, from our website Daffodil Festivals Fields and Gardens 2010.
March 05 2010, originally uploaded by Zoë (HPAD).
Photographer Zoe (HPAD) tells us about this March 5, 2010 image: The photo was taken in Wye which is a village in Kent in the UK. I don’t know a lot about the daffodils themselves as they are in a garden that I pass on the way to the doctors. I spotted these daffodils trying to emerge last week, they have sprouted quite a bit since then. The light was low and shiny behind them, bokeh heaven! I took the photo to cheer myself up as there was a lovely light behind the daffodils and they evoke such a lovely image of spring finally coming.
Zoe, this cheers us all up, thanks for sharing.
Hopes for spring, originally uploaded by OriginalPsyn.
Well, the snow is gone except for the piles in the parking lots. Here is what photographer OriginalPsyn tells us about this March 1, 2010 image: I don’t really know what kind of daffodils these are. They where here already when we moved in. These actually grow right by my back door there are 3 or 4 different types in that patch. They are pretty hardy. One year they were about to bloom then we had a blizzard. As soon as the snow melted they bloomed. This patch always a welcome sight at the end of winter. The snow melts here first and they are alway ready to spread their love.
Filoli Feb 2010, originally uploaded by pictureted.
Photographer pictureted tells us about this February 26, 2010 image: This shot was taken on the first Friday of Filoli’s Daffodil extravaganza. I’m lucky to live nearby so I could catch “the” hour of sunshine that day. I love the textures, shapes and rhythms, as well as the colors.
Click here for our Daffodil Festivals website page on Filoli.
_MG_3070, originally uploaded by roseannadana.
In our second of the two-part series, we post this February 27, 2010 image. Photographer roseannadana tells us: The area the fields were taken in has a zip code of 98273 for Mount Vernon, Washington. The fields are located on Best Road near Christianson’s Nursery. I was attending a workshop at LaConner Flats and left early so I could take pictures of the fields.
It was a beautiful grey rainy day and the lighting on the yellow fields was gorgeous! I shot it with my Canon Rebel XTi at 1/125; f5.6 and ISO 200 with my 17-55 wide angle lens. This was taken at 4:01p.m.
The surrounding area is a hub for tourists and the Tulip Festival follows here in a little over 2 weeks. Tourists come from all over the world to the area of La Conner, Anacortes and Mt. Vernon to see the Daffodils and primarily the Tulips of Skagit County, WA.
“Everything” here bloomed early – Spring came very early. We could still get a freeze here in March.
Click here for our Daffodil Festivals website page on Skagit Valley.
Additional note: Photographer roseannadana has announced a new website gallery for her photographs. Click here for the website.
_MG_2348, originally uploaded by roseannadana.
We love this photo. It makes a great first of two series with our next post by the same photographer, roseannadana. This image was taken on Februrary 14, 2010, and roseannadana tells us: This lone daffodil I captured in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. The harvesters had arrived to top the daffodils, I expect to use as cut flowers. It was the first daffodil I saw in bloom in the fields in our area.
Click here for our Daffodil Festivals website page on Skagit Valley.
Additional note: Photographer roseannadana has announced a new website gallery for her photographs. Click here for the website.
Daffodil Daydreams 2010, originally uploaded by ksuayan.
Photographer ksuayan has taken a stunning set of photographs at Filoli. Here is what he says about this February 28, 2010 image: “This photoset was taken last week in Redwood City, CA at the Filoli Gardens during the Daffodil Daydreams event: www.filoli.org/newsletter/features-02-10.html“.
Click here for our Daffodil Festivals website page on Filoli.
We’ve been hit with the bad cold going around town – been sick all week. Hoping to return to blogging First Daffodils in a few days.
Really needing spring along about now.
In the meantime, we’ve been meaning to say, if you have a photo of the first daffodils in your garden or town, or a photo of a daffodil festival you’ve been to, please Fan our First Daffodils Facebook page and post your photos there. Looking forward to seeing them!
Daffodil Days at Ironstone in Murphys,CA, originally uploaded by Luvin’ the light.
Photographer Luvin’ the light tells us about this February 28, 2010 image: The little town called Murphys is in the California Sierra Nevada Foothills, famous for the California Gold Rush. The Ironstone Winery, in Murphys, holds a festival every March called Daffodil Days. They have thousands of daffodils planted on the grounds, some lovely displays in pots and a Daffodil plant show and contest.
It’s a big event and people come from all over Northern California to visit it every year.
Note from the editor: See information about the Ironstone Daffodil Days March 12 – 14, 2010 here. The American Daffodil Society National Show and Convention is being held at Ironstone this year from March 11 – 14, 2010.
Daffodils and Redwoods., originally uploaded by Einsteinophile.
Photographer Einsteinophile tells us about this March 10, 2010 image of foggy daffodils: The picture was taken at the main campus of College of the Redwoods, a community college district that serves Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties in Northern California. This one is located just south of Eureka, CA. Daffodils grow like crazy here! The school and a lot of other places are just covered with them this time of year. It really does a lot to brighten things up, because we are right on the ocean, and so we don’t get to see the sun much from October until about July. I took this photo when I realized that you could see the redwoods and the fog coming off of them, and thought the dark background would make a great contrast to the bright yellow flowers.
Waiting for Warm Weather, originally uploaded by Dirt Road Cowboy.
Photographer Dirt Road Cowboy tells us about this February 28, 2010 image: Daffodils at one time must have been the most common “exotic” flower in the South, as they are commonly found around old homesites. I look forward each year to seeking them out. The people are long gone from this place, but the daffodils persist, thrive even. I’m unsure as to the variety, but this was made just outside Pitts, Wilcox County, Georgia. Late February is when they first start appearing…
a touch of yellow, originally uploaded by dylans mom.
Photographer dylans mom tells us about this bright image taken February 28, 2010: Daffodils bloom in March in the yard of the light keepers house at Cape Disappointment in Washington State. See light house pictures in this set. The beach below where Lewis and Clark first saw the Pacific Ocean.
Sheep and Daffodils, originally uploaded by LANE5530.
Photographer LANE5530 tells us about this March 3, 2010 image: I took this somewhere between Drain and Reedsport, Oregon. I travel for my job quite a bit and always take my camera along. This scene seemed surreal to me. I remember driving by and after about a mile I just couldn’t keep on going until I went back and took this picture.
Here is a link to a larger version of the image.
Photographer adaenn tells us about this image of a Seattle daffodils landmark: “The photo was taken here in Seattle on Feb 21 this year. We are having an early spring, and daffodils were opening as early as the beginning of February. The daffodils in the picture are adorning Pike Place Market, the Seattle landmark, outdoor produce, flower, meat/fish and imported goods.”
Spring Flowers In Store Planter, originally uploaded by Arlene Gee.
Photographer Arlene Gee tells us about this February 25, 2010 image: The photo was taken at Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia. I am sorry I don’t the name of the store where the daffodils in the planter is situated. The photo was taken with a Sony DSLR-A900 and Minolta Maxxum 35-70mm lens.
Daffodil Hill, originally uploaded by freeloosedirt.
This quintessential daffodils photo from February 20, 2010, was taken in Lafayette, California. Photographer freeloosedirt tells us: If you look at the data on the page, I’ve geotagged the picture with the exact location in Lafayette, CA.
promising to become daffodils, originally uploaded by corrada2000.
Photographer corrada2000 tells us about this February 27, 2010 image: The picture was taken in my garden in Neu-Ulm / Bavaria / Germany. As we live near the Swabian Mountains and just about an hour’s drive from the Alps, daffodils and flowers in general bloom rather late. The daffodils here are the common yellow kind, nothing special.
Winter Daffs, originally uploaded by midlander1231.
Phohtographer midlander1231 tells us about this February 26, 2010 image: The image is of a field of daffodils for commercial use, it was taken in West Cornwall in the UK close to the town of Penzance.
The flickr caption says: Most of the Cornish Winter daffodils are picked now, but some fields are left to grow on, this one is just behind my house.
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