The Poppies Are Back

Posted on June 2, 2021

A couple of years ago, we (which is to say Madame) sowed a pack of wild flower seeds at the back of the house. Included in the mix were some orange poppies and they just won’t quit.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flowers

Category: Flowers Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Flowers, Orange, Orange poppy

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‘Floating’ Poppy

Posted on March 11, 2021

A bit of bokeh and a judicious angle makes this orange poppy appear to be floating in mid-air.

CMMC: Orange

Category: Flowers Tagged: Bokeh, CMMC, Orange, Orange poppy, Poppies

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The Hungry Grasshopper

Posted on October 28, 2020

This little grasshopper helps the natural order of things by feeding from an orange poppy.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: 90% One Colour

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Orange Poppy

Posted on October 21, 2020

Cee is lookung for a combination of orange and green for her Fun Foto Challenge this week. With the stem invisible, this wild orange poppy appears to be floating freely against a green background.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Orange and Green

Category: Flowers Tagged: Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Green, Orange and Green, Orange poppy, Poppies, trompe d'oeil

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52 Week Smartphone Challenge: 19 Ageing

Posted on May 10, 2020

“It’s the same story the crow told me, it’s the only one he knows

Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go”

– Grateful Dead: ‘Uncle John’s Band’

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About three years ago, we scattered some seeds of an orange poppy and they keep coming back every year, providing splashes of vibrant colour all over the garden. Like life itself, they come, they age and then they go.

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52WeekSmartphoneChallenge 19

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The confused grasshopper

Posted on July 19, 2019

This grasshopper must have got blown off course, as it finds itself in the middle of an orange poppy in our garden.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Close-up of flowers

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Poppy

Posted on June 7, 2019

Last year, we (which is to say Madame) sowed a selection of wild flowers in a couple of raised beds in our garden. This year we have a colourful swathe of bright orange poppies, which have obviously self-seeded.

Monochrome, however, helps to bring out the detail of the heart of the flower.