Day 16- 'Safeway daffodils'

 

Day 16- 'Safeway' daffodils

6 x 8 inches, watercolor on Arches HP

 

(...)"  'daffodil' is said to be derived from 'affodil', a variant spelling of 'asphodel', of which daffodils were at one time considered a form. The asphodel was the flower of the Elysian Fields, the heaven of the Greek and Roman poets where the souls of the dead strolled " (...)

 

                                                                                    The Morville Hours , Katherine Swift

 

This one pot of daffodils is from Safeway, not from heavenly fields, very unassuming really, in a very ordinary setting as well, not Elysian like at all. (and yet who knows maybe this is as good as it gets, making a quick watercolor first thing in the morning, in a comfortable home, with a contented family)