Poppy Time!

 

It's poppy time in my garden again! 11 years ago I spread seeds of papaver - those beautiful big poppies that come in all kinds of color. Since then they have reseeded every year and in some years there were so many that I had to take out some of them right after they were done blooming so that they don't overwhelm the garden in the following year. However, I always left enough poopies go to seed and consequently, never ran out of them.

This year, most of my poppies are of the classic crimson corn poppy kind. They always remind me of the huge poppy fields in Germany.

Poppy field in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

My poppies happily mingle with all the other flowers in my front garden - allium, California poppy, yarrow "Moonshine", and Spanish lavender to name a few.

Every single flower is an amzing piece of natural beauty.

I also love them when they're not quite open yet.

And of course they spill through the fence and throw shadows on the sidewalk.

As I mentioned in my last post, we have started to enjoy our meals outside. The warmer weather also means the start of Rosé season - my favorite is a chilled dry one. So wonderful when enjoyed outside. And of course it deserves to be shared with the T gang that comes together for Bleubeard and Elizabeth's T Tuesday. Thank you, Elizabeth, for this great opportunity.

I wish all of you a week filled with sunshine and laughter.