We are in the midst of a “real” winter here in Norcal. We can’t complain, we need the rain. And I guess the cold and wind just comes along with the deal sometimes.
But just when almost all the colors fade, the Daffodils (or Narcissus, your choice) pop up. The yellows and whites gleam amidst the browns and grays of winter. There are always signs of spring in California. That comes with the deal, too.
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I am in Norway, so you guys have it good in the winter ;).
Yes we do…and we give you credit, we couldn’t take that kind of cold….
jealous! we only have some snowdrops here in Chicago and I was pleased to see that so far they’ve survived the negative temperatures!
And it is COLD there (ugh, we’ve done Chicago in January). Stay warm!
What lovely photos! Thanks for the ping-back. Nice looking blog.
Thanks!
Beautiful! I spend a lot of my time missing NorCal… but today it is sunny and 75 in TX, so I guess I get a little chance to gloat. 😉
Very jealous…we are in a cold snap and feeling a bit sorry for ourselves (we have no excuse, but still don’t like the cold).
Daffodils – my favorite spring flower, isn’t that a bit early ??? March in UK and Ireland.
Here in April. Wonderful photos again, specially those with the rain drops on. Sucker for water and rain drops in photos.
Thanks. The Daffodils are January/February here, it just depends on rain and temperature. Once we get a cold snap with rain and then it warms a little, the flowers come up…
Some hundreds of miles north of you so waiting to catch up with your beautiful first signs of Spring! So lovely!
Hope you get your flowers soon!
Love the pictures! I am so ready for spring, but we have a few more weeks here in Missouri before we will see crocuses and even longer for the daffodils. Can’t wait! I love my bulbs!
Thanks! Hope your flowers come up soon!
Thank you for my first sign of spring- that bud looks so full of promise I’ll be thinking of Wordsworth as the gales forecast for the weekend whip the winter brassicas and hope my daffodils keep their heads down as long as possible. Roll on spring!
“Gales” sounds rough…hope spring gets there soon… 😉
Such happy bursts of life!
Exactly!
I just came into the house and peeled off my jacket, boots, mitts and scarf. How lovely to see these flowers! Thanks for a breath of early spring.
You are very welcome! And god forbid we need mitts and scarfs here… 😉
Pretty pretty:-) but rain is not winter 😉
I know…we are made of pretty soft stuff out here… 😉
Oh how beautiful, you’ve captured the atmosphere so well… Very envious of your northern hemisphere flora.
Thanks! We are jealous of your souther hemi seasons (at least right now). Also jealous of your beaches and waves…but that is for another blog.. 😉
I can’t help but leave a comment saying those photos are really LOVELY. Keep those superb photos of the flora and fauna coming. 😉
Thanks!
Wow. Daffodils in January! It’s still pitch black here in PDX by 5PM. A couple years ago we had some daffodils blooming in February but it was a warm, sunny weather streak that confused them enough to blossom early only to be killed off by freezing rain. Thanks for sharing the promise of spring.
Wow 5pm is rough..but it is getting lighter here, so you aren’t that far behind. And besides, the PDX is the best food n booze town in the country…things to do at night.
And FWIW, our daffodils often get nixed by frost when they pop this early…it just depends if we get another good winter gale…
Amazing quality! And daffs already. ours are months away!
Thanks! Short winters certainly are a selling point here in Norcal!
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