Beautiful and touching in Field Poppies, the Memorial Flower

By Sharon
May 27, 2013

Sometimes when we are going full blast ahead and not paying a bit of attention to anything around us, something stunning catches our eyes and an old truth simply slaps us right in the face. It happened to me when I saw the poppies.

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BookerC1

May 27, 2013 12:45 PM CST

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Name: Angie
Mackinaw, IL (Zone 5a)

I'm so sorry about the loss of your uncle. He really passed on a beautiful legacy to you. What a moving way to give tribute to him!

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Sharon

May 27, 2013 2:18 PM CST

Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)

Angie, thanks. It started out being a tribute and a bit of history about the Field Poppy, I guess I can't write about one without the other.

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blue23rose

May 27, 2013 4:36 PM CST

Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)

The mix of tribute to your uncle and the history of the poppy was beautiful. I like what you said about lessons sometimes not being learned until we are older... so true.

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Sharon

May 27, 2013 4:55 PM CST

Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)

True, Vickie, thanks.

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SunnyBorders

May 28, 2013 9:01 PM CST

Name: Charlie
Aurora, Ontario (Zone 5b)
Maintenance of Perennial Beds.

Poignant, informative and beautifully written, Sharon.

It's a sad irony of WW I that the churning of the soil by high explosives promoted the germination of the poppy (hardy annual) seeds in the soil.

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Sharon

May 28, 2013 9:25 PM CST

Name: Sharon
Calvert City, KY (Zone 7a)