The Gorgeous Tissue Paper Flowers of Spring!

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Icelandic Poppies, White Iris & Ranunculus

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About cindy knoke

I retired early after 27 years as a psychotherapist/mental health director (Cindy Barton LCSW) and moved to the outer limits of no-wheres-ville to a home I call "the holler." My closest neighbors are coyotes (packs and packs of them and they are HUNGRY), rattlers (lots and lots of them and they are MEAN), and free range cows/bulls (the bulls aren't too friendly either!) Forget cell phones. They don't work out here. Forget GPS, it misdirects. It's best not to wander too much out here, the people (and their dogs) are kinda twitchy. To reach the holler your turn right at the reeking chicken farm, down a bunch of pot-holed semi-streets/dirt roads, past the abandoned refrigerators and occupied old RV’s and then things get kinda dicey. My friends usual reaction to the trip to the holler is, “you’ve got to be kidding!” Or, “Next time let’s meet half way.” This is our little bit of heavenly Appalachia right here in rural California. I blog about traveling which I do about three months a year, cooking which I love, photography, usually of my food and trips, books, holler happenings, and anything else that strikes my fancy. Stop by the blog and take a peek. It’s safe. I promise. Cheers, Cindy

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  1. You’re really startin’ to make me jealous, cuz. You have blooms and blossoms and sunshine. We have almost 8in of new snow since 5 p.m. It’s just not fair ! !!!!!! Beautiful pics.
    Paul

    • There’s a Marcy’s Playground song about Poppies, but it is extolling different virtues of the flower! ): I do like the song though…. I never thought of this until reading your comment, but my grandfather’s family came from Bulgaria where they owned a poppy plantation…I guess my love of the flower is in my genes. I can just imagine France’s glorious spring poppies…..Cheers to you Lea~

      • The best time to be surrounded by the flaming fields of poppies is May. It is spectacular here. I shall try to get some photos in May but they don’t do it justice. The first time my friend, Rita, came to visit was in May. We were off to Carcassonne for the day when we started hitting one field of poppies after another and she had forgotten her camera back at my house. :( The poppies reference was from The Wizard of Oz. :)
        It seems both of us have our roots in Europe!

      • Sounds divine!! No surprise we both have our roots in Europe is it??? We have everything else in common. Yes, know the WOZ poppy reference now!!! Cheers to you my friend~

    • I know…I’m starting to feel guilty about my east coast friends…..It’s beautiful where you are……I keep saying this, and it is, and it will be spring very soon!!!

    • Me three. I really should have labeled this the tissue paper flowers of eary spring, because these super fragile beauties are only here in early spring. Cheers to you & thanks for stopiing by~

  2. Found you again at last! You’ve been hiding out in my junk folder again along with too many other people :D Naughty naughty! Beautiful spring flowers :) We’re expecting ice and snow again this weekend through till Easter so I am more than happy to admire this view on here!

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