Henry David Thoreau once said,
Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!
When my favorite boy toy and I go hiking, we sometimes find clumps of daffodils in middle of the woods. Usually it’s from a house that used to be there and if we look carefully, we can often see a foundation of sorts or some other evidence that someone once lived there. It’s sad that so little remains of early settlers and their homes, but the daffodils seem to always endure.
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A Daily Life 
May 7, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Beautiful daffodil photo.
In Vermont the flowers you see near old abandoned house sites are orange day lilies.
May 15, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Both the daffodils and day lilies spread like crazy – what a great reminder of homes and lives that used to be there.
May 10, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Love daffodils blooming in meadows. Love that they’re yellow, reminding me of the springtime sun. Love that the deer don’t like to eat them. :)
May 15, 2011 at 9:37 pm
They are so pretty but they don’t last very long.