February 27, 2009
Luminous orange Mexican poppies can cover whole slopes, rolling themselves up tight at night.
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Chasing wildflowers: Rare enough to treasure
I confess. I’m hooked, addicted, helpless in the grip of my need. Blame the poppies. Not the French Connection heroin poppies — but the tiny seeds that can wait for decades with indestructible patience in stoney desert soils for a year such as this — a mild spring following along behind a decently wet winter after a decade of drought.
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