Poppy Fields

Hello Lovelies, 

Yesterday, for the first time since before her operation,  mum and I were able to go out for a little weekday drive....nothing too adventurous.

Just travelling along winding roads through little villages and past fields of crops and cattle.

When we rounded one bend we both gasped with delight at the mass of poppies that covered the horizon between the trees........... 

Of course we had to stop and take a closer look............

While Mum sat in the car and did a sketch I got out with my camera. Here's the view from the gateway.......

 And happily there was a little footpath right into the field, allowing me to get a closer look........

 Oooooh , I just love this picture ! the masses of poppies with the yellow and green of the oil seed rape crop, the blue sky with fluffy clouds..........just perfect ............

It was  hard to get a good photograph close up as the poppies bobbed and fluttered in the breeze...........

A little bit further along the road there was a gap in the hedge so we stopped again to get a view back towards the corner.......another wow...........

 Its such an intense mass of bright red from this angle..........

That stretches almost as far as the eye can see..........

It was such a treat to find so many of these beautiful wild flowers , and such a blessing to be able to share it with mum.
Jacquie x