Daffodil Abundance

Flashback Thursday

Between intermittent snow showers, I photographed the daffodils in my garden. I needed something to remind me that it was one month into the spring season. Nothing says spring like Narcissus ‘Mon Cheri’ with its exceptional, frilly, apricot-pink cups set off by white petals.

Last fall, I planted 50 bulbs in a shallow container and perched them on a pedestal. It sits by my front door, greeting everyone with its cheery blossoms. Some plants ended up horizontal, with the rain, sleet, snow, and hail that fell from the sky in the last few days.

This spring is one for the record books; however, the daffodils keep me grounded in the knowledge that this, too, shall pass. The garden season will be here soon enough and in full force, and I can quit whining about the inclement weather. Once the climate changes into t-shirt weather, I will move on to complaining that it is too hot—as typical Northwesterners often do.

Originally written 04/20/08