Sunday, July 5, 2009

Oriental Poppy/ Today's Flowers

Orange oriental poppy (Papaver Oriental) in my gardens

Actually, this photo was taken a couple of weeks ago. Yhey are now gone for another year. Luckily I have photos to remind me of their beauty!

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25 comments:

Pacey said...

Beauties indeed...so delicate and love the color combination.

Carver said...

I love oriental poppies. Mine didn't come up this year. I had them for over 10 years and they always came back in the spring but not this year so I'm glad to be able to enjoy your beautiful photograph.

Lowell said...

You have so many beautiful flowers! Maybe we do, too, and I haven't noticed. Another wonderful photo!

Carletta said...

I do love the color of these. I like how the purple center is your focus.
Beautiful shot!

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judi/Gmj said...

Jusst screams summer to me!

Leif Hagen said...

Gorgeous orange poppies! I have wondered about having some in my garden too! Wonderful photo!

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Beautiful orange poppies, EG.

Hugs,
Betsy

SandyCarlson said...

That's a perfect photograph. Wow. Exquisite.

Laerte Pupo said...

The red poppies are beautiful.
You have a nice garden.

SquirrelQueen said...

Beautiful orange poppies, the purple center makes them even more striking. Great photo.
SQ

amanda said...

Trust the Oriental Poppy to be a burst of color for your eyes to feast on! Great job.

DeniseinVA said...

Gorgeous, wonderfully composed, bright, beautiful poppies.

Tom said...

What a beautiful sight that must have been... and you will be able to look at them now when ever you want... In winter I tend to change my computers desktop to summer views that I've taken...
Tom
Fuchsia & Raindrops

Becky said...

Yes, they are gorgeous. Mine are gone too. Ruined by all the rain we had, But I do have lots of picture memories.
Have a great Monday.
B.

sunnymama said...

Such a lovely picture! I love poppies :)

Leeds in Yorkshire pictures - Paul said...

Very pretty picture, they dont last long but its nice when they are.

Tammie Lee said...

absolutely gorgeous!

Arija said...

I take it that is the perennial Poppy? Very beautiful flower and shot.

B SQUARED said...

We saw these all over the place when we arrived Beautiful.

Rune Eide said...

I'm glad you did take them - then you can show us some more!

cieldequimper said...

So beautiful. Arguably my favourite flower. When I was small, I didn't listen to Mum and picked some. I learned my lesson well. They had wilted within 5 minutes...

VALKYRIEN said...

Those are really gorgeous! Love the combination of orange and deep purple. Great composition!

Ebie said...

This year the poppies here were gone too soon. I am surprised you still have them this time of the year.

Anonymous said...

I like poppies - used to make little dolls out of them as a kid - may be the most beautiful red in the world is the hot poppy red!

Buenos Aires Photoblog said...

The red poppies are excellent! Wonderful capture, great colours!!

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