Oh poppies! They bloom so quick and fade so fast! Their beauty is silky and papery. Even the simplest one is stare worthy. I have to share some snaps with you. I took them in the studio using sunlight and a velvet backdrop. I find most of my inspiration for art sourced in nature. So, photography has been a wonderful way to give deep attention to the endless fine details.
If you are a gardener…these are Mother of Pearl Shirley Poppies. Angels Choir is another one of my favorites. I scatter seeds mixed with sand in late February and then again in early March. If there is snow on the ground even better. It feels wonderful to throw seeds in the face of winter. Then run back in the house and just let them be. They are happy if spring is cool and not too wet. They don’t like having their roots disturbed. So to thin them I snip rather than pull the seedlings out. They fade fast when the summer heat kicks in. My garden is really tiny so I just pull them out to make room for sunflowers and cosmos. But...someday I’ll have a big meadow and will let them dry into the prettiest little seeds heads.
If you are not a gardener…just enjoy my obsession:)
“When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.”
