Metropolitan Diary: Thanks for the Daffodils When the daffodils bloom in my neighborhood, I think of spring 2002, when suddenly daffodils appeared everywhere; it seemed the smallest bare patch of earth had a few blossoms to share. A gift of a million bulbs had been sent by a Dutch millionaire, the city of Rotterdam and other donors; they were planted by volunteers. For all of which, great thanks: we needed that. Reach us via e-mail diary@nytimes.com and follow @NYTMetro on Twitter using the hashtag #MetDiary.