Daffodils
Who could fail to be cheered by the sight of colour in February onwards.
Some grow wild but now is the time to get bulbs in for an early show.
Please don’t pick the wild ones.
In fact it is considered bad luck if you take them into your home because the number you take in corresponds to the number of chicken eggs that will hatch assuming you keep chickens.
Robert Herrick saw the daffodil as a portent of his own life.
Divination by a Daffodil
When a daffodil I see
Hanging down his head t’wards me
Guess I may what I must be
First I shall decline my head
Secondly I shall be dead
Lastly, safely buried
I think he would have liked daffodils growing around his grave
