Spring has sprung a little late this year. There has been a general outpouring of grief over the total lack of daffodils. It was so bad that on the magazine programme, The One Show on BBC1, they had a daff-map and asked viewers to send in photographs of any that had appeared. The map was not very yellow!
The first (live) daffs I saw this year were in a couple of flower boxes outside Pizza Express in Castle Street, which I don’t really count. They might have been warmed up in a greenhouse before being moved!
There was a notice in the park late last year, which loudly proclaimed that 10,000 daff bulbs had been planted along the avenue of trees. This was something to look forward to! Sadly there has been no sight of any of them. Until this afternoon, that is.
Walking to the station this morning, I noted that the crocuses I photographed last week are nearly all gone, to be replaced with a fair few yellow daffodils, gradually appearing. They are spread through the terrace and along the path. They always look wonderful so I’m just waiting. I will have my camera with me.
I was at uni then at lunch with Mirinda today. I arrived home at about 4:30 so I saddled up the poodles and took them for a wonderful afternoon jaunt in the park. And, guess what? Yep. Daffs are starting to appear between the trees along the avenue! It’s starting to look wonderful. It will only get better.
After a dismal winter and a horrendously wet February, this is exactly what we need. Fresh and yellow, new buds on trees and the sun still in the sky at 7pm. Love it.
Looking forward to the photo of the Daffodils.
love mum
One year at Springhill Oberon the daffs started to bloom and a cold snal arrived the daffs then waited ttill it warmed up a little and then the most beautiful display ever arrived.As Mirinda will remember Springhill was the country property of our wonderful friends Geoff and Tania Junek.Geoff and Tania are sadly missed.