As you all know, it was my daughter’s birthday party last Saturday and our living room was filled with the sound of teenage voices. Some of these girls have been friends with my daughter for many years and I have enjoyed seeing them grow up together. As they come each year to celebrate, I try to send them home each time with a little something different. “Loot bags” have contained items such as a picture book, a set of pens and crayons, costume jewellery, hair clips, and last year even a novel. I decided to go with something completely different this year – a pot of flowers.
I went to the nursery and decided on mini daffodils. They looked bright and suggested the beauty of spring. It is still a little cold at the moment so I thought it would be a good idea to bring the warmth of the season into each young girl’s room.
The gifts were taken with smiles of pleasure. I did not, however, forget about my home. The few extra pots I had bought, I transferred into a bigger pot and put on my coffee table. We now have a little yellow brightness in our living room to enjoy each day.
The sight of Daffodils always reminds me of Wordsworth’s poem, I wandered lonely as a Cloud, that I read when I was in high school:
I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o’er Vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd
A host of dancing Daffodils;
Along the Lake, beneath the trees,
Ten thousand dancing in the breeze.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee: –
A poet could not but be gay
In such a laughing company:
I gaz’d – and gaz’d – but little thought
What wealth the shew to me had brought:
For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
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 Poems in Two Volumes: Moods of my Mind 7 (1807)
Unlike Wordsworth, I have never seen fields of daffodils. How beautiful it must be for him to have written a poem about it, or to even remember when relaxing on his couch.
Do you enjoy the sight of Daffodils?
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2014
(This post was inspired by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge prompt: flowers)
Beautiful spring flowers for this week’s challenge. Thanks so much for playing.
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When I saw your topic for this week, I knew immediately what it was I needed to share. I know I cannot resist the beauty of daffodils.
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What a great idea, Colline. I’m sure they appreciated getting something living to look after. 🙂
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I like that they can keep it and remember My daughter next year when the bulbs grow again.
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How could anyone not love daffodils? They are beautiful. I love Wordsworth’s poem too – always a favorite of mine.
Great idea for party favors for your daughter’s friends.
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I think the girls enjoyed receiving the flowers. And maybe the moms too 🙂
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I love watching them grow up, Colline 🙂
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Me too 🙂
I look forward to seeing them do so next year.
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Oh Colline what a lovely longer lasting idea rather than ‘loot’ 🙂
Isn’t it strange ..I can’t imagine never having seen a field of daffodils … but then again I’ve never seen some of those ‘ ice ‘ scenes you’ve shown us recently !
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I think I would prefer to see fields of daffodils 🙂
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My little bunch of daffodils that I planted 25 years ago, just bloomed 2 days ago. A sure sign that warmer weather is here to stay (fingers crossed!).
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I love that something you planted 25 years ago is still growing. Did you plant them in a pot?
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No they are in a little spot on the eastern side of my house, actually. )
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I love that they have come up every year for 25 years. 🙂
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Watching them grow is very fun and rewarding! Love these photos, Colline!
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Thank you so much Amy.
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This is a wonderful idea to give the girls. I also still remember the Wordsworth poem – one of my favorites too! Down my street is a drive way which have many daffodils in the field alongside the drive way. They have never taken out the bulbs during the 4 years I’ve been living here. I think this year will be a feast for the eye again.
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What a beautiful sight that will be when they come up and flower.
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I hope to take a nice photo this year
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Please post it when you do 🙂
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I for sure will do it. Last year wasn’t enough to cover the whole field.I think this year is going to be good.
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What a great idea for the gift bag! The flowers are so lovely, I also adore daffodils. Happy birthday to your daughter and greetings to you all from egypt!
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Thank you so much. We are certainly enjoying them in our living room 🙂
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they are so beautiful dear Colline, I loved. You are amazing. Thank you, love, nia
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I am sure you have many beautiful flowers in your garden Nia.
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I LOVE you idea to give the daffodils to the girls and I’m sure they got great pleasure from them. What is it about a gift of flowers that’s so wonderful? My friends visited last weekend and brought me the most beautiful purple orchid. I’m working REALLY hard not to kill it too quickly 🙂
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Flowers do bring one so much joy, don’t they? I think it is their beauty, their delicacy, and their scent that contributes to it.
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Colline, I loved that you used Daffodils in the loot bags. Do you know I actually lived on Daffodil Drive in Florida? How cute is that?! Thanks for sharing this story.
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Did many people have daffodils in their garden? Now that would be a beautiful sight 🙂
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I like seeing all of the Spring blooms, Colline, all the more so when we have a harsh Winter. My daffs are all in bloom now, despite the chill in the air. Bless them! 🙂
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What a beautiful and cheering sight that must be.
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Oh yes, I do. And finally after this very long winter ours bloomed this week. A pleasure to see. What a fabulous loot bag idea, Colline. Not surprising though – you – always coming up with great ideas!
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I wish others would follow suit as I am not too enamoured with my girls receiving candy and things that are eventually thrown into the garbage. I have noticed, though, that the birthday parties are less.
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Daffodils are a beautiful joyful flower.
I have never read Wordsworths poem but it bought a memory back to me
where once I too saw a field of Daffodils, and they certainly do gladden the heart.
Ian
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What a beautiful sight that must have been Ian. Certainly one that would stay in your memory.
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I do 🙂 as well as the attached poem and your photos 🙂
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Thank you Paula. Seeing the daffodils always brightens my day.
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