These three handsome fellas just opened last weekend, the first in the garden. Against the backdrop of green foliage and the dainty white Viburnum blossoms, they are really stealing the show.
Those tender, papery-silk petals that virtually shimmer in the sunlight are so gorgeous. And the size! These flowers are huge! Standing proud on their 2 to 3 foot stalks that sway stiffly in the breeze, the poppies almost dare the sky to open and fill their centres with waterdrops. Alas, they are no match for the Vancouver rains....luckily for me the sun is shining and I can enjoy my poppies for another day. When these are gone, the orange ones will open and the admiration will begin all over again.
Once those petals fall and the seed pods are fully formed, I will get busy doing some more of this! I'm going to try it on fabric this year....
I hope you are enjoying something beautiful today, too.
12 comments:
wow, I live further south and mine are still just buds. I can hardly wait. Nice descriptive writing too.
xoxo
~a
Spectacular!! Wow!
Paulette
I love those! Absolutely gorgeous!
What fabulous flowers, and your stamps are brill. Such a fab idea really simple but very effective xxx
superbe photos pour trouver l'inspiration dans un prochain patch ,on dirai que le cœur des fleurs veut sortir de l'écran ce violet m'impressionne
Those prints look like a lot of fun! Now I know where you got your name from too...I had wondered if it was something geological that I didn't know about!
acccckkk! I love big red poppies! They are gorgeous!
Wow, they are perfect!
Those poppies are just absolutely beautiful!! Believe it or not, I have never seen one close up, so this is a first for me. Thank you for sharing!
Stunningly, beautiful. One of my favorite flowers. Thanks for stopping by my garden today. I see you know Luc over in the Attic and many others I follow along with on their journey in life. Hope you don't mind if a follow a fellow flower lover.
Kate - The Garden Bell
Love that rich color, do you have any problems with the foliage? I love in the Midwest,and sometimes the foliage would get a rust on it.
Maggey
gorgeous poppies!!
congrats on the article. is that laurraine of patchwork pottery laurraine???
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