Bright, beautiful, a field awash in shades of yellow, row upon row of classic daffodils.
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Washington’s Skagit Valley about an hour’s drive north of Seattle, is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike
to view the fields washed in bright hues of pink, purple, red and yellow as the spring season of flowering blubs gets under way.
Daffodils are up and filling rain drenched fields with rows of nodding trumpet shaped blooms,
the tulips are not far behind.
The 30th Annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival will start soon, April 1st through the 30th,
I wish I were going, but not this season, I’ll be recovering from spine surgery scheduled on the 15th.
No worries though, I have hundreds of images of seasons past, like this one on Beaver-Marsh Road.
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It’s ‘Random 5 Friday,’ over at Nancy’s ‘A Rural Journal.’
Here are my five for today:
(1) I love putting sorghum molasses on toast.
(2) I like my soft boiled eggs to be timed at ‘4 minutes.’
(3) Athletic, no not so much, it’s a bit late I probably never will be.
(4) Bicyclists who don’t follow the rules of the road annoy me, well really, they make me mad!
(5) Grrr, I don’t like price labels that mar the surface of the product you’ve bought trying to get it off.
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That’s a lot of dafs!
gorgeous field!
Beautiful- I’d love to see that live!
WOW!!! I would love a field of Daffodils like that. #’s 1,3,4 & 5 I can totally agree with! #2-never tried a soft boiled egg so I can’t say :)
We are off to see the daffodils this afternoon – we are supposed to have sunshine- hurray!
This is an amazing field of daffodils! They take my breathe away, seriously! Love them!
Just popped over from Random 5 Friday!
Nice to meet you-
Jemma
We’re on our way to see the tulips the day after your surgery. I’ll try to find a special shot just for you! Love this vivid yellow sea of flowers! (You nailed it with #5. I actually considered complaining to a local store about their sticky, nasty little price tags.)
Amazing capture Madge — very inspiring. Hope you have a good weekend. xo
Beautiful field of daffodils! They are my favorite flower. I had to chuckle at your #5 because it annoys me too.
That is a pretty sight.
I love fields of flowers like that. I wish I could just drive up there and see that. You took such gorgeous shots.
You always do by the way. I loved your answers today.
Beautiful photo! I love daffodils!
I like your random 5, too!
Have a wonderful week-end!
Lea
Lea’s Menagerie
This is such a beautiful site, Madge….daffy are such a welcoming flower!…:)JP
Amazing field of daffodils! Really breathtaking!
Such a lovely shot of what should be surrounding my village at this time. The shot I took this evening is very different (currently putting the post together now). Just empty crates and a few daffs peeking out from the acres of bulbs. Very behind this year. Chel x
Wow – how beautiful. I won’t send any photos of our terrible weather!
Only one thing to say WOW.
Madge, I’ve been there and seen the beauty. It’s really quite breath taking! Fun learning more about you.
hugs,
Jann
How can you not smile when you see that.
Wow! That field of daffodils is amazing. I’d love to see those and the tulips too.
I love daffodils and what an amazing sight to be able to view that colorful field! I bought some daffodils at the grocery store last week and they are unfortunately nearing their demise. Hope that your surgery goes well for you; I had a lamminectomy 9 years ago and feel so much better.
Gorgeous photo, Madge of the daffodils! I haven’t been to see the fields in years. I used to go with my Mom all the time. Sending you positive thoughts and prayers on your upcoming surgery. Every one I’ve known who has had it has had excellent results. Wishing you all the best. xoxo
Oh, I need this! Spring is so late this year in Poland. Still snow and freezing temperatures, which is unusual for this time of year.
So pretty. Will the bulbs be sold in nurseries in the fall, or are the flowers themselves sold?
Both, I believe. They harvest some fields for cut flowers and most are harvested for the bulbs. One company in the valley doing so is RoozenGaarde, you can visit them online at http://www.tulips.com ;-)
Striking. Rows and rows of beautiful color.
Would you look at that! Spring has sprung in that there picture! Wish I could see such a splash of yellow in real life around these parts! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful! Daffodils are one of my favorite flowers!
How pretty is that??
OMG! That must be some site to see! We had an exec in my company who had a great deal of property and planted a ton of daffodils. Every year, when they bloomed, he’d have a really great party. Many times it rained. I, of course, was never invitied but, had he invited me, it probably would have been sunny. Hey, how’s that for confidence…LOL A great photo!
Madge, this is such a welcome springtime sight. Good luck with the spine surgery!
If that sight didn’t brighten your day, I dare say not much would. Beautiful!
What a stunning shot, Madge!! I can imagine it looks even better in real life!!
I have never ever seen sooooo many daffodils before!
HAPPY EASTER!