The Daffs in The Churchyard have survived Christmas and the New Year, and I'm pleased to say that none has been picked. They are now poking their heads up everywhere.
Luckily they grow in a part of the graveyard where people tend not to walk, and they are guarded by a very well-fed, plump-n-proud Seagull. Try to pick them and he'd probably have your eye out!
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How good that you also have interesting and beautiful nature in your urban environment.
It must be hot in Brighton .Our daffs are only about 4 inches tall so far!
Our daffs aren't even showing yet...
It's a little oasis in the middle of urban sprawl.
It's like living in the Caribbean.
I don't know if there are any daffs here, but my lone rose bush has flowered continually throughout the year. It is now well over 2 metres tall, and will need a chainsaw to prune it!
I don't know why, but some were even flowering well before Christmas.
We have small rose bushes in front of, and behind, our house, and they too have flowered continually. Not lots of flowers, but always a few.
I have been photographing flowers in the fields here too. You'd think it was spring. I love the flowers like daffs out in the wild. I'd rather admire them there than pick them and take them home
We have daffodils coming through in our garden even though we are 230 miles north of you. It seems far too early but they are tough plants.
I'm quite surprised that no-one has stripped them bare.
It's all this 'ere Global Warmin'.
Daffodils! Already? I am so envious of you.
We have another 45-60 days before the flowers start here.
Daffs in January! Phew, that is early. And I always thought that the white Snowdrops came up before the daffs.
The snow and ice in early December saw off lots of our Summer bedding. Back to the Garden Center in Spring.
The Daffs are very advanced. Mine are still submerged showing no signs of life.
I first noticed them on 8th December; over a month ago. I think their internal clocks must have gone wrong!
We have lots of Dwarf Daffs in our orchard in France, but they never come up this early.
If we have any sharp frosts they could all disappear. My fingers are crossed.
I had to enlarge the pic to see the seagull... but I like the idea that he's guarding the daffs. We don't have any here this early... or none that I've seen.
If winter comes can spring be far behind?
I hope they all bloom at once for a massed display and of course you'll take photos.
The Seagull was there again yesterday, but Billy chased him off. He has a thing about Seagulls!
That sounds to me like the prophecy of a trumpet!
I think it'd need a few days of warm sunshine for that, sadly none is on the horizon.
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