Daft about daffies

On 30 March, I had a bit of a rant because uploading photos wasn't working as per usual. Here's what I was moaning about:

"Hello again
"I wanted to upload photos to this new version of blogger but it's not working at all. I've downloaded the picasa uploader, I uploaded photos, thought I had everything set up but can see efff all on the screen.
"Very frustrating, because my garden's now awash with daffies – glorious golds and yellows and oranges that glow especially beautifully on a grey afternoon. Of which we've had few, truth be told, and I'm not complaining about a bit of rain which is at last refilling the pond at the bottom of the garden.
"Running out of time, too. Hopefully, a miracle will happen and I'll learn in my sleep... Not happy with the situation as it means I may have to stop blogging altogether. Ah well."


Well, meanwhile I've had a wee brainwave and here are my daffies, a whole collection of them! Much too late, of course, but next spring I'll remind myself where they were. And I hope you'll enjoy all the same.

Oh, and remember: I'm discovering this mature garden – each day brings a new surprise. I did know about the daffies but had no idea where they were, nor how many.

12 March 2011 – Snow has fallen on budding daffies

15 March 2011 – They're resilient. Still only buds, but getting fatter.

18 March 2011 – nearly there now!

20 March 2011 – Yess! A couple of warmer days have done the trick!

21 March 2011 – They're out all over the garden now. Lovely!

22 March 2011 – Daffies on one of the bluest days of the year – yay!

23 March 2011 – Daffies everywhere! I love it. Spring's really here now.

24 March 2011 – Daffodils guard the footbridge across my wee burn.

26 March 2011 – The bigger picture.

30 March 2011 – A hybrid between narcissus and daffodil, I think... – any feedback welcome on just what this chimaera is!

1 April 2011 – Daffies in distress after a severe storm overnight.

1 April 2011 – In my survey of the "damage" wrought by the storm I come across this tiny exemplar – I don't think I've ever seen such small perfection. A true gem!

11 April 2011 – I was away for a week and came back to a garden fuller of daffies than when I left, and I thought it was full of them then. Some of them are of the complex variety. I understand bees love the simple ones better...
But these are spectacular all the same.

11 April 2011 – Crowning glories: white daffodils. Now if someone was to have a wedding today, these beauties would be perfect.

11 April 2011 – They grow very tall, too. This lone daffodil stands well above my knee height and has
pushed right through the spiny leaves of a flowering holly bush.

22 April 2011 – Purity comes in twos and threes. And just so happens to be the second-last daffy photo of this season. Again, I'd love to know what variety this is, if there's anyone knowledgeable enough out there.