I picked all the nearly open daffodils (Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ and ‘February Gold’) in my yard before the recent snowstorm dumped over five inches of heavy ‘wintery-mix’ upon us (shared in a post yesterday). Luckily, it seems that most of the daffodils and other various flowering bulbs survived. Will it be our last storm of the season? One can only hope.
The vase is a vintage creamer that was my MIL’s. Coincidentally, the prop is a coaster given to us by my BIL. It kind of sums up life beyond a ‘certain age.’ Humor gets us through.
Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden who hosts the weekly garden meme In A Vase On Monday, featuring flowers from our gardens. Click the link to see what others are sharing this week.
Eliza Waters 
Oh, it is Monday already (or it will be in less than three hours)! I lost track of time while away. I sort of wonder if there are any daffodils left out there. Everyone else seems to still be getting some. ‘February Gold’ seems rather wide in the center. Ours have been adding up over the century, so I have no idea what they are, although most seem to be formerly common ‘King Alfred’ sorts.
Thanks, Tony. The earliest daffodils are the most cherished. 🙂
They are some of the few bulbs that are reliable perennial with minimal chill, which is why we like them as much as we do. However, they bloom before the end of the rainy season, so some get knocked down as they bloom.
Perfectly opened fresh blooms and a lovely vase. I hope the snow leaves you soon and the garden springs forth with lots of colour in your Spring. I guess many folk with un-seasonal weather this winter will be hoping for an end and a chance to get outdoors for some fresh air.
Thank you, Vicki. I think the worst is behind us. Today and tomorrow are to reach 15C!
Love the daffodils. Love the vase (that’s a definite keeper.) We have been in such horrible drought for so long, but now have two years in a row of unbelieveable quantities of snow and rain, I finally feel that poor California is sharing some of your bounty.
Thank you, Cindy. Glad Nature is being kind to you. 🙂
Lovely! It’s even better when they are from own garden.
Thank you, Rupali. It is a joy to pick my own, store bought are fine in the winter, but…
I feel the joy.
A much more uplifting photo than the ones you shared yesterday ~ there is something about spring and daffodils that inspire 🙂
Thank you, Randall. They truly are uplifting. 🙂
Beautiful spring flowers with the snow in the background. I love the coaster because it is so true. 🙂
Isn’t it just? Humor and aging are good companions. 😉 Thanks, Judy.
I am so glad you were able to save your daffodils – they look lovely.
Thank you, Anne. It made the most sense not to risk them. I’ve enjoyed them a lot!
Happy Daffies! Do you have the sugar pot, too?
No, I don’t… it must have broken… but I don’t recall, it was decades ago. 🙂
Nothing says spring like a cheerful bouquet of daffodils. Yours are lovely. Glad you rescued them before they would have surely been flattened by the heavy snow. Although they’d likely have survived, they provide a slice of hope indoors that spring will begin in earnest.
Yes, they have cheered me, reminding me that the snow won’t last. 💚
a vase of joy!
Truly! Thanks, Catherine. 🙂
Without reading the post, I was wondering how the flowers survived the snow. They certainly are cheery on winter’s day.
Thank you, they seemed to weather it all very well.
What a great idea, Eliza — bringing those sunny Daffodils indoors to brighten your home, while preventing their untimely death from the sudden cold!
🙂 Thanks, Debbie. 💐
A warm touch of sunlight
So appreciated after the long wait for dormancy to end. 🙂 💚
I can smell their sweet fragrance!
Impressed! I don’t think there are any daffodils blooming yet in central Maine.
As much as I enjoyed seeing your flowers, that coaster brought a real laugh of recognition. Pretty flowers and a bit of humor: what could be better?
Yes, at our age, it makes sense to go for the small and most meaningful joys of life. 🙂
Wonderful! A preview of what may or may not eventually show up in my front yard 😉
Love that coaster 🙂
🙂 Thanks, Dale. I think we’ve rounded the corner, leaving winter behind at last!
Sotto voce… I think so, too…
Even more snow, Eliza… ? 😶 You must be pleased you plucked all those pretty narcissi beforehand, so thanks for sharing them with us – and for your timely reminder of our advancing years with your prop!
Yes, I’m hoping that is it for winter this year. Thanks much!
Beautiful daffodils. I love daffodils.
Thanks much, Jill. Who doesn’t love that cheerful flower? 🙂
I’m glad you rescued those daffodils in the nick of time, Eliza. They define the word “cheerful”! I love your BIL’s gift coaster too – it conveys a lot in the span of a few words 😉
Thank you, Kris. They definitely kept my spirits up during the latest storm, which is quickly fading to a distant memory. It is a sunny, 68º today!
Gosh we do need some humour, I have had a couple of dreadful weeks, and with another one ahead, anything that brings a smile is useful. I love the term ‘heavy wintery mix’, which is something your arrangement just isn’t with its special cheery colours. Hope your weather improves soon, that is what we are hoping here in the UK.
Thank you, Noelle. Glad you enjoyed it.
I wish you moments of levity as you face the tasks ahead. Sometimes the best we can do is make the best of the moment. 💜🙏🏼
Perfect daffs, perfect vase, perfect sign. 😀
Thanks much! 🙂
I’m still laughing over the coaster. So true. I am glad you salvaged some sunshine from your wintry mix and it seems everyone survived. Nothing beats a vase of daffodils in spring. I have a very similar shaped teapot that belonged to my mother.
Glad you enjoyed it. I am glad I had the foresight to go out and pick them before the storm hit. They made that wintery day more bearable.
That design of the courting couple seemed quite popular during the 40s or so. I have a vintage salad plate and a lamp with the full color stencil on it. https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BssAAOSw2hxgqSet/s-l1600.jpg
Wintry mix in April is nearly inconceivable to me. I have seen that couple somewhere …
Beauty and humour, a winning combination
Thank you, Belinda! 🙂
A real pot of gold Eliza! 😃 Glad you saved a few before the snow came. Wishing you a warmer week ahead!
Yes, beautiful and warm! Thanks, Cathy.
Daffodils!! 💛💛💛
YES! 🙂
It must have been nice having the sunny daffodils to look at while the snow fell outside. The snowy backdrop is perfect and foreground prop is so apt!
Thank you, Barbara. It did help keep my eye on the prize!
We also got a dump of snow last week (and crossing fingers it is indeed the last one.) I was worried about the bulbs that were just about to bloom but it seems the snow didn’t affect them as my scillas are now blooming like there was no snow on them last week and a few other flowers are about to bloom as well…(Suzanne)
Spring will prevail! 🙂
I can so relate to the coaster’s saying! 🤪
IKR? Gotta laugh! 😉
Yep. That’s about right for me, too.
Ha, yes, some days… 😉
Well done saving the daffs. They are gorgeous. Yes our last storm in NE, fingers crossed. That saying is perfect too!
Thanks, Donna!
Lovely, Eliza! Buttercups are so cheery.
Thank you, Rebecca!
Oh, you are smart! My Daffodils got dumped on last week, but surprisingly they came out of it OK. They are so cheery, aren’t they? Lovely vase. 🙂
Thank you, Beth! Luckily, it all melted fast, only a few mounds left. 🙂
hehe! I can so relate to the coaster. 😂 Love the daffodils and I hope the white stuff disappears quickly.
Thank you, Pepper. Almost all gone after today’s mid-70s temps, woo-hoo!
Such a happy post! Love the vintage creamer too.
Thank you, Dawn! It is a special one.
Love the vintage creamer vase and those beautiful flowers!! Laughed at your coaster, especially since it was just the other day that I handed my phone to my mom so she could watch a video clip and then a few seconds later looked for my phone.😁
Thank you, S! Yes, there are a lot of us that can relate to that coaster, lol.
Hi Eliza. So glad you managed to rescue those beauties. Our bluebells are beginning to come to the end but they have been glorious. The temperature here in south west France was 10 degrees above normal at 30 degrees last weekend, then it dropped to 10 degrees below normal. Crazy!
MJ
Ooh, weather-whiplash!
I’m so happy seeing those gorgoues narcissus with your snow in the background. Spring in your neck of the woods is a bit of a Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride.
Great analogy, Alys! 💕
I think daffodils are often under-rated. I think my grandmother had a similar creamer – I remember the gold and the shape of it!
Thank you, Andrea, that’s pretty cool that she had a similar one!
Thank you for sharing your cheering daffodil bouquet, as well as the saying on the toaster. I can relate. 🙂
Thank you, Tanja, my pleasure!
Beautiful 🙂
Thank you!
I’m so glad you rescued them in time, Eliza! What a beautiful sight!
Thank you, they were very pleasing to have during the storm!
Stunning! I would be happy to have snow if it meant I could grow daffodils – my climate is too warm for them, unfortunately. I was born in the wrong hemisphere. 😉
You might be able to grow ‘Paperwhite’ (Narcissus papyraceus), which are native to the Mediterranean. Another is Narcissus ‘Grand Soleil d’Or’. Both are warm climate adapted.
Thank you! I’ll look those up and see if they are available here. I always look at the online catalogues when they are released each year but I haven’t seen either variety, so far 😊
Paperwhites are easy to force and are popular here as a Christmas flower. We put the bulbs and a couple inches of round stones in a vase/low planter, and fill it with water. They root and bloom! Since they can’t live outside here, they are treated as an annual, discarded once the blooms fade. But in your climate, they would grow in the garden and come up in the early spring.
I could hug you, I’ve found both! They are available too, so I’ll order them and see how they go. Thank you, Eliza! 💕
Exciting, can’t wait to see them IAVOM! 😉
Very pretty and a fun vessel!
Thank you, Denise!