<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Daffodil Hill weekend</title> <atom:link href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/</link> <description>neat fun stuff</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:01 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Diana</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125711</link> <dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:25:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125711</guid> <description>Matt, I live in Rancho Cordova....just down the road from Daffodil Hill.  I have planned for years to take my kids (now 20 and 16) and finally pulled it off last year.  In years past, I would forget or the weather wasnt favorable.  We bought sandwiches and drinks from Safeway then headed up.....and around....and around.  I didnt print the driving directions out and missed the signs.  I got some great pictures of the flowers and outbuildings.  And even though my daughter is at that age where nothing can please her, she enjoyed the trip.  My son, who has his own truck now, asked just the other day: &quot;Isn&#039;t it time for Daffodil Hill?&quot;  I just know he&#039;s planning on taking one of his girlfriends up there for a special date.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matt, I live in Rancho Cordova&#8230;.just down the road from Daffodil Hill.  I have planned for years to take my kids (now 20 and 16) and finally pulled it off last year.  In years past, I would forget or the weather wasnt favorable.  We bought sandwiches and drinks from Safeway then headed up&#8230;..and around&#8230;.and around.  I didnt print the driving directions out and missed the signs.  I got some great pictures of the flowers and outbuildings.  And even though my daughter is at that age where nothing can please her, she enjoyed the trip.  My son, who has his own truck now, asked just the other day: &#8220;Isn&#8217;t it time for Daffodil Hill?&#8221;  I just know he&#8217;s planning on taking one of his girlfriends up there for a special date.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ian M</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125347</link> <dc:creator>Ian M</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:31:58 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125347</guid> <description>Here in the UK we get beautiful bluebell woods - for a few weeks a year the forest floor in some forests turns completely blue.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here in the UK we get beautiful bluebell woods &#8211; for a few weeks a year the forest floor in some forests turns completely blue.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Bob Bill</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125071</link> <dc:creator>Bob Bill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:19:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125071</guid> <description>Was at Daffodil Hill today and they indicated they have about 50% blooming at this time.  For anyone interested in going, it looks like it will peak this next week.  There was  intermittent overcast giving some nice diffused light.  However the wind was blowing and these flowers are like little sails.  In addition to waiting for a pause, I used a flash off camera from the upper L Rear to back light and stop the motion and nuke them to bring out an inner glow in that bell shaped portion.  Some black velvet blocked wind and gave a great background.   I am a novice flower shooter so please, tell me they are not girlie.  Shooting for camera club competitions caused me to try this subject and I told the friend who encouraged it what DeNiro said in Analyze This-  I&#039;ll shoot flowers but &quot;I go gay, you die.&quot;  For you folks in cold country- Here in CA we just kept the good seasons. I know having grown up with an upstate NY snow shovel 5 months  a year. The other season is 90 minutes away at Squaw Valley and Heavenly.   Also, is it possible to post a photo?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Was at Daffodil Hill today and they indicated they have about 50% blooming at this time.  For anyone interested in going, it looks like it will peak this next week.  There was  intermittent overcast giving some nice diffused light.  However the wind was blowing and these flowers are like little sails.  In addition to waiting for a pause, I used a flash off camera from the upper L Rear to back light and stop the motion and nuke them to bring out an inner glow in that bell shaped portion.  Some black velvet blocked wind and gave a great background.   I am a novice flower shooter so please, tell me they are not girlie.  Shooting for camera club competitions caused me to try this subject and I told the friend who encouraged it what DeNiro said in Analyze This-  I&#8217;ll shoot flowers but &#8220;I go gay, you die.&#8221;  For you folks in cold country- Here in CA we just kept the good seasons. I know having grown up with an upstate NY snow shovel 5 months  a year. The other season is 90 minutes away at Squaw Valley and Heavenly.   Also, is it possible to post a photo?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Teddie</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125005</link> <dc:creator>Teddie</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:23:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125005</guid> <description>@ Gary Storm: Wookey Hole beats Cheddar Caves any day :-)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Gary Storm: Wookey Hole beats Cheddar Caves any day <img src='http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Bruce</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125003</link> <dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:08:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-125003</guid> <description>Love the pictures of Daffodil hill, they are great.  I have been in some caves with my daughter here in Colorado and up in the Black Hills.  They are fun to go through with a lot of things to see and learn about.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love the pictures of Daffodil hill, they are great.  I have been in some caves with my daughter here in Colorado and up in the Black Hills.  They are fun to go through with a lot of things to see and learn about.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Gary Storm</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124992</link> <dc:creator>Gary Storm</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:12:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124992</guid> <description>Well if you get near Tintagel and Cornwall, Cheddar Gorge isn&#039;t too far away (and back on the way to London via Oxford)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well if you get near Tintagel and Cornwall, Cheddar Gorge isn&#8217;t too far away (and back on the way to London via Oxford)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Peter (IMC)</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124954</link> <dc:creator>Peter (IMC)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:22:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124954</guid> <description>Matt,If you like that sort of thing, and you´re ever in the Netherlands in the spring, you should visit the &quot;keukenhof&quot; (roughly translated as &quot;kitchen park&quot;) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.keukenhof.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Keukenhof&lt;/a&gt;.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Matt,</p><p>If you like that sort of thing, and you´re ever in the Netherlands in the spring, you should visit the &#8220;keukenhof&#8221; (roughly translated as &#8220;kitchen park&#8221;) <a href="http://www.keukenhof.nl" rel="nofollow">Keukenhof</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Andy P</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124952</link> <dc:creator>Andy P</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:13:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124952</guid> <description>And whilst on the subject of Daffodils, I think we should let William Wordsworth have his say.I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o&#039;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.Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed--and gazed--but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And whilst on the subject of Daffodils, I think we should let William Wordsworth have his say.</p><p>I WANDERED lonely as a cloud<br /> That floats on high o&#8217;er vales and hills,<br /> When all at once I saw a crowd,<br /> A host, of golden daffodils;<br /> Beside the lake, beneath the trees,<br /> Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.</p><p>Continuous as the stars that shine<br /> And twinkle on the milky way,<br /> They stretched in never-ending line<br /> Along the margin of a bay:<br /> Ten thousand saw I at a glance,<br /> Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.</p><p>The waves beside them danced; but they<br /> Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:<br /> A poet could not but be gay,<br /> In such a jocund company:<br /> I gazed&#8211;and gazed&#8211;but little thought<br /> What wealth the show to me had brought:</p><p>For oft, when on my couch I lie<br /> In vacant or in pensive mood,<br /> They flash upon that inward eye<br /> Which is the bliss of solitude;<br /> And then my heart with pleasure fills,<br /> And dances with the daffodils.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Teddie</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124928</link> <dc:creator>Teddie</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:57:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124928</guid> <description>I wasn&#039;t aware of the scale of production either before looking it up, I thought it might be a lot because I can see them everywhere each year.  If you every visit we also have a some of the UK&#039;s most beautiful sub tropical gardens Tresco Abbey, Glendurgan; and the Eden Project is also a great experience.Perhaps? San Francisco &gt;  Schiphol &gt; Keukenhof Schiphol &gt; Exeter &gt; Cornwall &amp; Isles of Scilly O&#039;h and for a nice little bonus you could also visit Merlin&#039;s Cave at Tintagel....search, daffs and caves, looks like a European tour is in order next year :-)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn&#8217;t aware of the scale of production either before looking it up, I thought it might be a lot because I can see them everywhere each year.  If you every visit we also have a some of the UK&#8217;s most beautiful sub tropical gardens Tresco Abbey, Glendurgan; and the Eden Project is also a great experience.</p><p>Perhaps?<br /> San Francisco &gt;  Schiphol &gt; Keukenhof<br /> Schiphol &gt; Exeter &gt; Cornwall &amp; Isles of Scilly<br /> O&#8217;h and for a nice little bonus you could also visit Merlin&#8217;s Cave at Tintagel.</p><p>&#8230;search, daffs and caves, looks like a European tour is in order next year <img src='http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dave (original)</title><link>http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124919</link> <dc:creator>Dave (original)</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:16:35 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/daffodil-hill-weekend/#comment-124919</guid> <description>Thanks Matt. My wife and I would both VERY impressed with the accurancy and relevancy of the Google SERPs. Compared to the other BIG SE names, Google is gold. So glad Google doesn&#039;t use paid links ;)Back on topic, here is West Oz we have a beautiful display of our Native Wildflowers every Year. They even run tours where people travel by Coach for many hours just to take photos. Quite amazing considering these Wildflowers bloom in one of the driest parts of the World.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Matt. My wife and I would both VERY impressed with the accurancy and relevancy of the Google SERPs. Compared to the other BIG SE names, Google is gold. So glad Google doesn&#8217;t use paid links <img src='http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Back on topic, here is West Oz we have a beautiful display of our Native Wildflowers every Year. They even run tours where people travel by Coach for many hours just to take photos. Quite amazing considering these Wildflowers bloom in one of the driest parts of the World.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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