Day: April 1, 2008

Ferndale Farm

For our third California daffodil show we travel from the San Francisco bay area, about 250-miles or 400-km, north to Fortuna. We always try to get over to Ferndale which is across the river just a few miles. Ferndale is…

Almost blooming today in Ohio

This brave soul is the first of year on my hilltop here and is facing a predicted low of 29 here tonight after reaching nearly 60 today. Sorry for the poor quality image but it was getting very windy and cold out even…

Daffodil Pets

Here in northern California we have tiny deer compared to most parts of the USA. I would guess a mature one stands maybe 40-inches or 1-meter. This baby deer is about half that. There were five deer in the immediate…

New Penny

Hi ALL,       Recent discussion re climate effects on daffodils.  Attached a photo of ‘New Penny’ taken recently.  This year with me the cup is distinctly orange.  Our weather here in N Ireland has been generally wet and fairly…

Richmond here I come!

Dear All, While making my preparations in readiness for my trip to Richmond, I have been informed that my flight from London with British Airways is to take off from the New Terminal 5 at Heathrow! Now not being a…

Mother Hess daffodil

Dear all, I am so proud; Handy Hatfield is going to name this for me:  Mother Hess; LOL. I am not very good at photographing mini’s, this is really a deeper color than the photo. It is Mite open pollinated;…