Carpe Papaver
With the poppies (Papavers) blooming like crazy in our garden, I am sure the right thing to do is to "carpe Papaver." In fact, photographically speaking---and perhaps in life as…
Papaver Triptych
The Nearly Perfect Poppy close-up is the center panel of the Triptych. Click here or on the image to view it larger.
Papaver Rhoeas Medley
It was fun to spend a slow weekend morning with the family at home. Everyone was engaged, no one was bored or whining or hungry. I photographed flowers from our…
Papaver Poppy Pods Gone to Seed
When Papavers go to seed, they produce pods that hold the seeds. You can scrape out the pod to harvest the seeds. When one puts a clump of these seeds…
Papaver Rhoeas
What joy to come home to my family and garden in Berkeley, and find spring still in bloom! These are two Papaver rhoeas---corn poppies---from our garden. I photographed each on…
Papaver Nudicaule
A bright flower for a gray day in the East Bay! For more about photographing this Icelandic Poppy, click here.
Papaver Somniferum and friends
Returning home from travels abroad in mid-May, one great pleasure was to find poppies still in bloom in my garden. The large one as big as a platter towards the…
Papaver Solo
I've been spending time in my garden this week, getting it ready for spring. Actually, around here it is spring already, with sunny weather in the sixties. My poppy seedlings…