Poppies, May 2016

...oh, my prefered flowers...beautiful, Andy...

Très jolie photo fleurie. Nicole.

Steve,
Erika,
Nicole,
Very many thanks!

Beautiful display. Sorry they didn't bloom this year.

Nor last! Maybe the farmer put a stop to them. A shame but you can understand the reasons for it! Thank you, Ronald!

Jenny,
Andreas,
Ronald,
Many thanks!

Brilliant capture!

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Beautiful colour contrast.
What grew instead the poppies?

I think barley. I don't think it is wheat. The climate can be a bit too severe for wheat (too hot and arid in summer, too cold in winter) ... but you will know these things better than I!
The poppies quickly take over when the fields are left untended as can often happen when the old generation of farmers dies off and no one is prepared to continue the gruelling work! Maybe the farm changed hands and the poppies were eradicated to bring the land back into pruduction.
All just guesswork!

Superbe champ de coquelicots !

Awesome field of wild flowers.

Erhard,
William,
Leon,
Guydel,
Jaap,
Thank you all!

superb my friend

Happy new week:)

Thank you, Annemarie!

Just a dream, Andy *********************************

Excellent..!! I failed miserably to find any decent poppies near me this year, and even though you took this in 2016, I'm still jealous :-))

If it's any consolation, Keith I failed to find any in 2017 or 2018!

That's great ! A very nice view with such a lot of poppy !

2016 was het poppy jaar

It certainly was!

Gudrun,
cammino,
Nathalie,
Claudia,
Marie-claire,
Keith,
Pat,
Ulrich,
Fred,
Many thanks to you all!

Thank you, Karin!

A wonderful shot Andy.

Marco,
Rosa,
Marcel,
Many thanks!