A host of golden daffodils

 There are not many lessons I remember from my childhood but learning William Wordsworth's poem at the age of 9 is one of that sticks vividly in my memory :-

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 golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show 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.

Picking daffodils by Harold Harvey taken from pinterest

What poem do you remember most from your childhood?

With all the sunshine we have had in the past week the daffodils seem to have emerged on mass. On Saturday we wandered around the village of Burton Bradstock and everywhere there were daffodils nodding their yellow heads, as we walked by.  They were lining paths to front doors and crammed into tiny spaces to add a shot of spring colour and sweet smell. See if you can spot them in the pictures below :-

 The bench under the tree looks a good place to sit and admire the view.

The pace of life in the village is so much slower. Strangers have time to say "hello" as you walk past. The loudest sounds are of birdsong or the church chiming each quarter of an hour.

The lanes have long forgotten meanings this one is called Donkey Lane. There may be no donkeys in sight but there are views of typical Dorset thatched cottages.

Although my favourite spring flower are tulips, daffodils come a close second. What are your favourite spring flower? Have you come across Ingrid's inspirational blog called Of Spring and Summer  it shows wonderful ideas and images of ways of arranging seasonal flowers.

A house with daffodils in it is a house lit up,
whether or no the sun be shining outside. 

~ A.A. Milne


Thank you as always for visiting me. I hope you find some flowers to brighten your week too.
Sarah x