These three photos are better than the last three. (I am pretty sure). ...so, frustrated at all the weeds mixed in with the poppies that I shot before, I kept driving around looking for good poppy clumps. Then, while I was in the town of Clayton, scooping out the restored old buildings (some really neat, it's an old town), BINGO, I saw a lovely profusion of poppies...
...in someone's front yard. Naturally I was suspicious that they might have scattered poppy seeds. Gathered them from one year to scatter the next year (I have since found out that one can now buy California poppy seeds). OTOH, there were so many weeds in their yard, it was quite possible that the poppies bloomed there one year, and they decided NOT to weed wack and let them reseed each following year. I couldn't decide. All I could decide was that their neighbors probably hate them because of their weedy yard. OTOH, they luxuriate in a profusion of poppies... I shot a lot of these. I think I picked out the best three. I couldn't decide what was the best of those three. I also couldn't decide if the fence, which I think does add interest, wasn't in a way also subtracting. Subtracting from the poppies by making them look cultivated, like ordinary planted flowers, instead of wildflowers. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/POPPIES/pages/poppyfence1.htm click on the next button for all three or go here for the poppy gallery index page http://members.aol.com/eactivist/POPPIES/ Thoughts and comments welcome. Marnie aka Doe Story/photos to be continued... (Never fear, I am getting caught up with my photo backlogs, and will be out of PESOs soon.)
