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Jug of daffodils, where's yours?

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keepcalmandcavachon Mon 15-Jan-24 11:21:48

Mine are on the dining table, with the sun gleaming through them. Is there anything more cheerful?

Freya5 Mon 15-Jan-24 16:57:21

JamesandJon33

Daffodils are for St. David’s day. I have a jug of fat white camellia buds on the dresser at the moment

Daffodils are for any day, once they are out.They bring the sunshine and hope for spring time.

annodomini Mon 15-Jan-24 16:48:33

The daffs I bought just over a week ago have withered. They were on my dining/multi-purpose table and cheered the place up. Perhaps I'll get another bunch next time I go shopping.

mrshat Mon 15-Jan-24 16:25:09

On the trolley in between the cooking kitchen and the dining (room) area. Lovely and cheerful.

GranEd Mon 15-Jan-24 16:09:33

My lovely sister treated me to these beauties on Saturday. They were a total surprise and look so cheerful on the windowsill next to the poinsettia.

Mikky Mon 15-Jan-24 15:42:10

I love all flowers but a nice vase of daffodils at this time of year cheers me up and makes the house look nice and homely.
I normally have them in the dining room.

kittylester Mon 15-Jan-24 15:30:57

In an old white jug, on the worktop, by the sink.

Just thrown out some ftom the dining table.

Juggernaut Mon 15-Jan-24 15:22:59

Mine are in my DM's old blue and white jug, on the table in the porch!

Grandmadinosaur Mon 15-Jan-24 15:18:23

One (also blue) vase on living room hearth and another vase on kitchen window sill. Just bought 3 bunches in M&S so still tightly in bud.

Grandmabatty Mon 15-Jan-24 15:17:09

Mine is on the kitchen windowsill

GrannyGravy13 Mon 15-Jan-24 15:15:48

Daffodils

Purplepixie Mon 15-Jan-24 14:48:58

Lots of daffodils in my sitting room plus some yellow tulips. Gorgeous flower and full of hope of the better weather to come.

BlueSapphire Mon 15-Jan-24 14:41:16

On my mantle-piece, my first this year

Oreo Mon 15-Jan-24 14:19:53

Can we see some pics of the flowers? Would be nice.😃

Bella23 Mon 15-Jan-24 14:13:35

I always buy a bunch of daffodils in January. They remind me of a long tedious nighttime journey quite a few years ago when we moved to our present house. We stopped at services for a coffee and to get provisions and I bought a bunch of daffodils.

shysal Mon 15-Jan-24 14:06:11

I bought some last week from Asda, but they didn't flower, just shrivelled and died. I have tried again today with some from M&S which look healthier. They are on my kitchen window sill.
I always buy them at this time of year before any appear in the garden.

spottybook Mon 15-Jan-24 13:53:01

When my mother-in-law used to come for Christmas she would always bring me a bunch of daffodils. I now carry on the tradition with my daughter and daughter-in-law. I should add she brought a huge food contribution as well as the flowers.

GrannyGravy13 Mon 15-Jan-24 13:20:07

On the island in my kitchen, gloriously bright.

midgey Mon 15-Jan-24 13:19:28

Apologies….they were called ‘sols’ not souls….autocorrect!

midgey Mon 15-Jan-24 13:18:18

When I was working in London the flower sellers used to sell ‘souls’ they smelt so sweet and looked so cheerful. My mother said they were soleil d’or. Haven’t seen them for years.

JamesandJon33 Mon 15-Jan-24 12:59:18

Daffodils are for St. David’s day. I have a jug of fat white camellia buds on the dresser at the moment

fancythat Mon 15-Jan-24 12:56:33

Still growing in the garden!
Only got about 2 buds so far. I would say they are a few days earlier this year, than normal though.

keepcalmandcavachon Mon 15-Jan-24 12:17:07

They're so lovely, never met anyone who didn't like them and you can't say that about too many things!

Casdon Mon 15-Jan-24 12:12:05

I look for them straight after the New Year, it fools me that spring is coming soon. Mine are on the dining room table, with some winter flowering jasmine, in an old brown pottery vase that was my Grandma’s. .

nanna8 Mon 15-Jan-24 11:39:52

When my lovely Welsh friend’s Mum died we all put daffodils onto her coffin. She had a wicker coffin. She was very ,very Welsh cariad.

J52 Mon 15-Jan-24 11:38:41

Not daffs, but a few sprigs of winter jasmine and red quince, in bud. On the mantle shelf, reflected in the mirror.