Daffodil time

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My grandson Blair has written a little poem which I woud like to share with you.

Dancing daffodils,
After the rain,
Flowers are growing,
Farmer throw the seeds,
Oh dear,
Don’t trample some flowers,
I have an idea,
Love YOU.

Blair, the poet says Hi in a break from throwing stones into the sea at Whinnyfold
Blair, the poet says Hi in a break from throwing stones into the sea at Whinnyfold

That was enough to send me out to the garden with a water spray and my camera.   I had not been so close up and person with flowers since I photographed the snowdrops!

The colour is wonderful and the daffodils are everywhere.   Here are just a few of the  pictures of daffodils in Cruden Country which I took one April morning.

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Besie Mill Cottages, Hatton
Beside Mill Cottages, Hatton
Beside Mill Cottages, Hatton
Beside Mill Cottages, Hatton
The car park at Hatton Village Hall.
The car park at Hatton Village Hall.
In the field beside Park View, Hatton
In the field beside Park View, Hatton
In the field beside Park View, Hatton
In the field beside Park View, Hatton
On the road to the skips, Hatton
On the road to the skips, Hatton
A little clup of daffodils have survived all the construction work on the new bridge at Hatton
A little clup of daffodils has survived all the construction work on the new bridge at Hatton

 

Beside the Water of Cruden, looking towards the Hatton bridge.
Beside the Water of Cruden, looking towards the Hatton bridge.

 

By the Water of Cruden, Hatton
By the Water of Cruden, Hatton
Peeping through a fence on the auchlethen Road, Hatton
Peeping through a fence on the Auchlethen Road, Hatton
Looking down to Hatton from the Auchlethen ROAD
Looking down to Hatton from the Auchlethen road
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By the Water of Cruden at Port Erroll

 

On the road from Slains Castle down into Cruden Bay
On the road from Slains Castle down into Cruden Bay
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Early morning sun at the Bullers of Buchan car park

 

Whinnyfold
Whinnyfold
Moss Croft, where my father was born.
Moss Croft, where my father was born (Off the Bogbrae to Mains of Leask road)

And by the way, there is another daffodil poem by that other poet, but I like Blair’s one better.   But perhaps I am prejeudiced?

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.

William Wordsworth

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