Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: corn poppy

(+6 insets!) (view large for a more hypnotizing view!) :D This picture is also dedicated to our dear friend on ipernity, Marie-claire Gallet . She is ill with a recurrence of cancer and I am hoping for a fast and successful recovery! Today I looked outside and it was just SO BEAUTIFUL! The warm sun coming up over the hill made everything it touched erupt with light and I knew I just HAD to take my camera out with me on my morning walk. Also, I just couldn't take the PRESSURE ANYMORE! Pressure you ask? What pressure? Stepping outside, my eyes were immediately drawn to a glorious patch of poppies which were positively glowing in the early sunshine. It's almost as if every one of those blossoms was singing a siren's song out into the heavens and I could hear every note! It didn't matter that I have countless unprocessed poppy pictures in my archives. I simply could not resist another day of their overwhelming gorgeousness and beaconing calls. I was immediately swept away into a dream of photography, surrendering to the luscious beauties posing before me. Their flamenco-like petal-dresses swayed and danced in the breeze, offered in so many lovely colors and combinations. I was not the only one hypnotized by their grandeur. Bees of all kinds buzzed and crawled drunkenly over the flowers in droves, stumbling over one another, completely out of their minds with desire. How familiar this scene was to me, I thought with a big smile on my face, and I watched them joyfully while I took pictures. I learned how poppies affected bees back in 2014 when I planted a garden for my first time. I scattered countless poppy seeds in the beds to be sure that if nothing else sprouted, at least I'd have poppies. Sprout they did…hundreds of plants all over the beds with so many flowers that I simply couldn't believe my eyes! For months, every morning would be another show with new blooms. And, as I walked to the garden, the sound of bees preceded me, getting louder and louder as I finally entered the garden. The bees were EVERYWHERE! Even though I wasn't worried about them, I soon discovered that I might as well be invisible because they couldn't care less about me. And what a wonderful feeling, to know that the seeds I planted grew into flowers which were feeding all those bees. To this day, every time I see bees falling all over themselves at poppies that I had something to do with…it makes me feel overjoyed. :) Oh yeah…did you know it's Saturday? Specifically SATURDAY SELF-CHALLENGE! And today's challenge is "Shadows". Ok, so when I first saw the theme I immediately thought about the cool shadows I see on our window blinds and walls when the sun shines through the trees. I do love shadows. In fact, they stop me in my tracks so I can appreciate them! But today my initial idea got tossed out the moment I was bewitched this morning by the poppies. Even as I was being magnetically drawn to those glowing blossoms I could see the shadows through their translucent petals. Shadows? I'll give you shadows! My main picture is called "Angel with Wings," and when I saw this poppy I couldn't help but say out loud, "OOOOOH, LOOK AT THE ANGEL WINGS!! I got one picture that also showed the shadow of a bee crawling around between the "wings" but I thought this picture was better without the distraction. I have six insets to share as well, and you'll see a bee in flight in two of them! I really had to force myself to stop processing pictures…I got so many lovely images that I want to share but I think this is enough! :D Pam, remember when we went in on poppy seeds together?! That was such fun! I still have poppies reseeding themselves from 2014! What about you? Did yours reseed too I hope? What wonderful flowers they are. Sending my love and *HUGGGGZZZZZ!!!* Explored on 6/1/19; highest placement, #1.

I found this poppy covered with droplets one morning, its face bowed towards the ground. It has always looked very sad to me, covered with tears. Sometimes I know this feeling very well.

Poppies are always enchanting, and on this day, the wind had picked up and made the poppy petals flutter, grabbing my attention and calling me over to take an appreciative look. There are some poppies with unusually beautiful coloring, and this is one of them. Notice that the lower petals are a dark ruby, while the upper petals are pink. All the petals are edged in white to make them all extra lovely! Explored on September 29, 2016. Highest placement, page 4.

(+1 in a note) Just imagine my reaction when I found this stunning poppy among a sea of reds, pinks and a sprinkling of white ones. I could hardly believe my own eyes! I have never seen a poppy like it, with the mottling of ruby pink on the petals. I think that it looks like Cinderella, dressed for a ball, in the most perfect dress there ever was! Explored on July 22, 2016. Highest placement ?? not sure. (Alerted to placement via invitation to join the group "Ipernity's Front Page and What's Hot"

I love the colors and variants of corn poppies, which are most often red but also white and many shades of pink (I think they may appear in yellow and orange too, but that may be another species). This one is my favorite that grows in my garden, with a light pink center that turn to ruby red petals. When I say ruby red, the color is about 10% into pink so at first they may appear red until you look again...they are very hot pink, almost but not quite red! :D In fact, you'll see that none of the petals are the same--some are mostly solid ruby red, and others are much lighter in color...GORGEOUS! Explored on July 28, 2016. Highest placement, #49.