It must truly be Spring

Because the daffodils abound!

This past Saturday, I invited a few friends to join me to visit a hillside full of daffodils that I had been told about and long wanted to see. This was it - the weather was beautiful, the owners said they were away so I knew we would not disturb  anyone and we were game for an adventure - so off we drove to Hinesburg - okay so that's not so far but even the briefest of journeys can feel like a getaway!

And it was well worth it - I cannot wait to return to see the next blooms of tulips, irises...

view from the meadow with Lake Champlain visible in the distance

fearless bunch Henry, Michael, Aimee and Sophie,
flanked by  Brooke,  John,  Helen and baby Willa
with Miss Emma guarding us all

Emma tiptoeing through the tulips- oops - daffodils

path led around the hillside and through the woods

there must have been at least 30 varieties of daffs

But the best one must save for the last, which had to be Sophie in her princess dress, sparkling in the sun,  curtseying down to smell the flowers - she thought these smelled like pancakes or was it flour?

the Duchess of Cambridge has got nothin' on our  Miss Sophie!