Pretty Poppies
by Nick Boren
Title
Pretty Poppies
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Digital Image
Description
In Oregon ... California poppies grow along the highways and ditch banks. Every year I wait with great anticipation for them to show themselves. :-)
Today it stopped raining long enough for me to get some shots of these beauties. I hope you enjoy them. :-)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A Poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum produces edible seeds, and is also the source of the crude drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drugs. Following the trench warfare which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, during the 1st World War, red poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
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May 11th, 2014
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Nadine and Bob Johnston
One of my Favorites, published in this weeks edition of, "The Artists News" an Internet publication. Thank You for Submitting your Artwork.... Liked the subject, description, technique, composition, and color... Make sure you are subscribed, so you can Promote weekly... YOU or Friends Can use Ctl-C to copy the link: http://paper.li/f-1343723559 and Ctl-V to put it into your the Browser Address bar, to view the publication. Tweet, FB, and email, etc a copy of the publication, to just anyone you who would be interested.
Latha Gokuldas Panicker
Love those flame like poppies ,Nick !!!! So tender and glorious...A fabulous capture,as always !!!! (F/L)
Deyanira Harris
Wonderful work dear Nick!! fantastic colors of this poppies!! take care and have a great week!! lfv
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