{"id":15788,"date":"2016-06-18T08:46:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T08:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15788"},"modified":"2016-06-18T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T08:46:53","slug":"big-poppies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=15788","title":{"rendered":"Big poppies"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have big poppies in our garden. Every year just as they flower the weather is unsettled and the wind and rain knocks them down just as they are looking their best.<\/p>\n

This year our big poppies have started to flower later than usual. It has helped them as we have had wind and rain while they were still in bud and they remained quite sturdy. They have just begun to flower and I thought I would photograph them before they have time to get battered.<\/p>\n

We are having showers but at the moment but it’s not windy so they have a chance to flower for a while.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a>

Big poppies<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Delicate<\/a>

Delicate pink<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Vibrant<\/a>

Vibrant red<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Contrast\"<\/a>

Contrast<\/p><\/div>\n

They remind me of flowers\u00a0made\u00a0from tissue paper. They have only just started flowering but I know from past experience that this could be as good as they get. They are very vulnerable to the changeable weather at this time year.<\/p>\n

It’s best to enjoy these short lived blooms while they are here in the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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