Provence is known for acres of poppies in spring that can turn an average olive orchard, say, or even a bland roadside into a magical place. Here is a single poppy plant from the front yard of our farmhouse. I think it's good to study just one flower so as to better understand the magic of the field-full....the vivid red tissue-thin petals held aloft by such a long, skinny stem, the ragged leaf, the bristly bud and sculptural seed pod... The other flower I never identified. I guess I'll just have to go back and try again!
Lovely especially the way the top petal folds over the bloom. Like the details of the hairy things of the buds and the seed spray. Judy
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