The sun has come out
The ground is warming up
There is a warmth on the breeze
And I can feel the sun on my back as I work in the garden
Californian Poppies photographed in St Leonards, East Sussex, May 2012
The sun has come out
The ground is warming up
There is a warmth on the breeze
And I can feel the sun on my back as I work in the garden
Californian Poppies photographed in St Leonards, East Sussex, May 2012
Wow – poppies in St Leonard´s and so soon?! I love them, they´re all dying off here now in the fields, but there is something so magical about them.
Hi Tanya, yes the do seem early, especially when none of the others are far from near flowering – I guess that will mean more flowers for longer 🙂
And I know what you mean about Europe in Spring, a favourite time of mine too!
what a beautiful unfolding!
Thank you for giving me such a perfect word – unfolding!
🙂
What a nice moments you captured of this flower… Fascinated me dear Claire, have a nice new week, love, nia
Thank you Nia, the poppies are my first flowers of the year on my plot so are extra special 🙂
Love poppies! We had so many when we lived in New England, and I miss them!
I guess that your lovely Florida weather is too warm for them, what a shame, but then you have so many compensations waiting for you in your lovely garden 🙂
such cheery beings … ours were always orange!
These are a right mixed bag – from reds to oranges and yellows
Thanks for sharing the name, now I know what to call the ones in my garden 🙂
A pleasure Tandy!!
I love California poppies! Last year I planted a beautiful mixed color variety, and they reseeded themselves and are coming up all over the garden. I think it will be a few more weeks before they start blooming here though.
Oh these are self seeded too! I sowed some a few years ago and now they just pop their cheery heads up every year. In fact I’ve just taken a few seedlings out and have potted them on as I’d like some in the garden too 🙂
What beautiful poppies! I’ve orange ones but something — and I’ve no idea what it is — lays in them every Spring. The result is a mangled mess and I’m lucky to get a bloom or two. I used to think it was Max but he’s too large now to get to them. I think it’s my nemesis: The Squirrel. It’s his first attack of the Season…
Squirrel’s who’d have thought it (Max probably!) When I lived in London they used to destroy my Magnolia tree and much all the grapes before I got to any of them! Humph!
I love red poppies, Claire, and these are beautiful, but what we call the California poppy is a deep orange-yellow, named for “The Golden State.” Red poppies of the same shape are hard to find here and always seem to revert to the native color.
Hi Sharyn and thank you for filling me in on these beauties. I bought and sowed a packet of “Californian Poppies” a couple of years ago and these are the off-spring. They come in all colours from yellow and orange to reds. There is no telling which colour will emerge but the yellows and oranges seem to predominate.
Beautiful! Sharyn got it quite right, of course, and California’s state flower is the orange-yellow poppy, but we have fields of wild poppies of all colors every spring. I wouldn’t have associated these beautiful flowers with a colder climate! They are so cheery aren’t they? Spring colors are just wonderful for raising my spirits. 🙂 Debra
Hi Debra, yes they do lift the spirits! I like how you have state flowers, and I’m now imagining what fields of poppies in California would look like – a treat for the eyes I imagine!
What a lovely shock of color! We used to have poppies running rampant in the garden at our old house.. I miss those pretty bursts of color!
Pretty bursts of colour is a perfect description 🙂
I am very jealous. You have better California Poppies than we do, and we are in California! Great photos, the color is beautiful.
Thanks for the thumbs up – I couldn’t resist sharing these beauties knowing that some of my blogging friends are in California 🙂
Our spring is almost over here so it was really refreshing to see your pictures, thank you for sharing them
It’s a pleasure to share 🙂
Poppies are so special, I reckon, because they’re so open. They’re like an open cup and they’re just beautiful. To be honest, I have not seen a fresh flower poppy in YEARS. This was lovely 🙂
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hi Noeleen and thanks for popping in 🙂 It makes me happy to be able to lighten and brighten your day with these poppies !
Love the process of opening photos!
I was lucky to capture them, so often I miss these things as I’m working or busy elsewhere
So beautiful, Claire! Thanks for brightening up my morning! 🙂
You’re very welcome Ceia, thanks for popping in 🙂
Beautiful poppies!
Hi Jule and thank you, aren’t they grogeous – hopefully there will be plenty more throughout the summer months
The nice thing about living in a place where there are definite seasons is the true appreciation we feel at beautiful pops of spring color after winters in black, white and gray. Thanks for these lovely images!
So true. I think it’s one of the reasons I love living in Europe so much, a definite Spring and all that it brings 🙂
Gorgeous, and I had no idea that was a poppy when I saw the first photo. I don’t see that many poppies around here. The red is just stunning, as are your photos.
Thank you! It’s not obvious from the first photo is it? But I loved Joss’ description of “unfolding” just a perfect way to describe them. The intensity of the red is just that – intense 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend
Beautiful images! Your poppies are now out while ours are still taking sometime to show up. Spring has been pretty chilly here but I can hardly wait for these poppies which really make the green patch close to my home a little paradise on earth. 😉
Hi there lovely to see you, it’s been so cold here too, I’m waiting for it to warm up too !!
I love those brilliant daubs of red poppies! Those flowers speak of such wild exuberant abandon! I love them, and love the way you’ve shown them unfolding!
Wild abandon – I’ll have some of that ! I think the colours are so rich and intense. Hop eyou have a super weekend