Down south of the house, in what we call the “fairy ring”, growing in and amongst a walnut grove, are several patches of daffodils. There was a house down there at one time, and an old well. Must have been more than fifty years ago; there’s not much sign of the house anymore unless you go digging, but the daffodils remain.

I went through Old House Garden trying to identify them. The closest I came was Lent Lily (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) but I took some in to Mary Helen and she didn’t think that was them. Other possibilities were Henry Irvings or Golden Spurs, but in each of these cases there were some small differences.

Anyway, I’m not obsessed with daffodils, but they are among the FIRST things to appear in the spring. Soon it will be the Coral Honeysuckle, and that I AM obsessed with!

So, to wit:
(OK, sorry, it’s pouring at the moment but I’ll get some in situ pics later; these are snipped)