by Priscilla P.
Member since:
February 15, 2006

A Fill of Daffodils

February 14, 2009 01:49 PM UTC
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".... all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;"

 















A frilly yellow glimmer

Tapped upon my eye

then filled my soul

with sunshine glow.















"...They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils."

                            William Wordsworth

Comments: 32

Vivian P. Feb 14, 2009, 1:52pm UTC
I long for daffodils
Nora D. Feb 14, 2009, 1:52pm UTC
Beautiful! I love William Wordsworth! The daffodils are just elegant! My very favorite flower!
Alison H. Feb 14, 2009, 1:54pm UTC
Lovely poem(s) and post! Wordsworth's poem was one of the first poems I read in high school that lifted me up and inspired me. Thanks for the new poem and the reminder, Priscilla. Great photos, too.
Christine K. Feb 14, 2009, 2:01pm UTC
Thanks for a taste of spring!
peggy g. Feb 14, 2009, 2:14pm UTC
nice ,
Netty B. Feb 14, 2009, 2:39pm UTC
My fav flower! Thanks
Marianne M. Feb 14, 2009, 3:13pm UTC
I love the way you've put this altogether, Priscilla. Those daffodils are such happy, cheerful little flowers ... and go perfectly with the words of Wordsworth ... what could be better?! Thank you for bringing some spring to Minnesota!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Feb 14, 2009, 3:40pm UTC
This is great Priscilla. I haven't seen one in two years.
LaRue B. Feb 14, 2009, 3:58pm UTC
Beautiful!
CL Mareydt Feb 14, 2009, 4:03pm UTC

Peace Comments

Nice!

C.L. Mareydt 180º
Kim B. Feb 14, 2009, 4:33pm UTC
I could almost smell them!
Renee (Pres of Baby James Foundation) ~. Feb 14, 2009, 5:27pm UTC
Beautiful flowers.
Polly C. Feb 14, 2009, 5:52pm UTC
How fabulous! And lucky!!!
Tammy N. Feb 14, 2009, 6:37pm UTC
Beautifully paired photos and poem! Thanks for sharing!
Marianne R. Feb 14, 2009, 7:04pm UTC
Very nice. Ours are almost ready to bloom
Dorine H. Feb 14, 2009, 10:23pm UTC
They're so pretty. Around here, it will be a couple of onths before we see them. It's still decidedly winter.
Connie C. Feb 15, 2009, 12:24am UTC
That is beautiful both the poem and the flowers
Barbary C. Feb 15, 2009, 7:40am UTC
I Want These Now!
I'm going outside to see if any leaves are peaking up yet.

The photos are beautiful, Priscilla, and I've always treasured the Wordsworth poem.
Ishbel R. Feb 15, 2009, 10:46am UTC
Wonderful pictures.
I remember when I was about 17, I visited the Lake District and saw 'a host of golden daffodils', just as Wordsworth had seen them and then written about.

I'll never forget it.

Ours won't see daylight for about another month or so - sometimes later - but I saw my first snowdrop in the garden this morning. Spring may finally be sprung!
Mariana T. Feb 15, 2009, 12:49pm UTC
Thank you so very much Priscilla - I am going to plant some of these lovely daffodils as soon as the storms are over - they really make me happy! Remind me of many happy days years ago...and today when I see them, I smile. Lovely Poem too - thank you! Did you submit these to the Pregnant Onion club? ARe you a member? Please join - it's all about plants. Salud
Mariana T. Feb 15, 2009, 12:49pm UTC
sorry - Gorgeous pictures as well! Salud
Priscilla P. Feb 15, 2009, 9:34pm UTC
I am so pleased that the daffodils bring so many of you as much pleasure as they do me. Our Texas weather is staying cool so the daffodils are staying fresh. Today there are several dozen more in bloom along the little stream that feeds the pond (we call them stock tanks).
Priscilla P. Feb 15, 2009, 9:35pm UTC
Thanks for the link to Pregnant Onion club, Mariana. I had not heard of it before.
Jean E. Feb 16, 2009, 2:13pm UTC
and thanks to your posting ~ I now have a golden filled day ~ thank you for my smile dear friend ~ and pinky to you as well~j
mona d. Feb 17, 2009, 8:41am UTC
beautiful and sunshine-y on this wintery day!
Jim Ross Feb 17, 2009, 3:23pm UTC
Thought that sounded familiar! Wonderful choice to complement your beautiful photos, Priscilla!
Bundy P Feb 17, 2009, 6:24pm UTC
I love daffodils!
Curt L. Mar 2, 2009, 11:50am UTC
What a lovely post, Priscilla!
Thank you for the day-brightening photos, too!
Quinn (aka Entwife) Blackburn Mar 2, 2009, 8:00pm UTC
Beautiful! This time of year, we all enjoy a little color. Daffodils are usually the first flower faces to smile up at us each year too.

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U wishing you laughter
Ms Lee P. May 16, 2009, 12:52pm UTC
Daffodils are my favorite flower, they are beautiful and them smell wonderful. My daffodils were beautiful this year, I just wish they could last longer.

Thanks for sharing the poem and the beautiful pictures.
Barbary C. Jan 29, 2010, 5:38pm UTC

Needed to look at these daffys again this week. The loggers have decimated all the trees directly across the road from my house. Today was their last day.

So..........you and Wordsworth have cheered me.
Priscilla P. Jan 29, 2010, 6:19pm UTC
Those loggers (sitting in their lazy boy) did that to the beautiful woods across from our place at Olson Lake two summers ago. I was hysterical and unconsolable (not that there was anyone around to console me). I still moarn the passing of all those beautiful trees that I strolled among so many times.

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