Different

Criseyda Koonce

Jun 09 |23:28
pink flower with a bent stem
"The reason that husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes."
- Dorothy Dix

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same."
- Anne Frank

"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different."
- Coco Chanel

The pink flower (a poppy) in the picture grew on a really tall stalk that looked a lot like that of an unwanted weed. If I saw one before it bloomed, in a flower bed of mine, I'd probably pull it up. There were hundreds of them purposely planted and thriving. Individually, they weren't especially pretty or striking as flowers go - and as mentioned,they looked incredibly weedy with big spiny leaves. But they were interesting and pleasant to view, and all together they made a beautiful sea of bright and unusual color. They were different.

Photo taken at Clark Gardens.

Comments (3)
  • |68.203.81.xxx |2009-07-03 07:00:31 Betty Craig  - Poppy photo.
    Hi Cris,



    No need to appologize to me, although I know the appology was to everyone. I
    enjoyed seeing the photos again.



    I meant to tell you the first time I saw the poppy that there is a memorable
    color snap shot that was taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s and enlarged to
    about 5x7 and framed that Sonny's and my Grandma Smitheal kept sitting on her
    chest of drawers for many years. It is of our PawPaw and Grandma standing
    behind a round flower bed that PawPaw always planted poppies in for Grandma.
    She loved them. The one in your photo looks just like those in that bed. I'm
    not sure where the picture is now, but it may be packed away with some of my
    mother's things. If I ever run across it again, I'll be sure to share it with
    you and Sonny. I just wonder if Sonny remembers that picture or remembers the
    poppy bed. It was located in the side yard not far from the concrete minnow
    tank that PawPa...
  • |68.203.81.xxx |2009-07-03 07:10:23 Betty Craig  - Poppy (The rest of the story!)
    Hi Cris,



    It's me again. I must have talked too much because "the rest of the
    story" got cut off... so here it is.



    I know Sonny remembers the concrete minnow tank because we used to swim in it
    when the water was fresh and there were no minnows in it.



    Anyhow, keep those photo blogs comming, even the repeats!



    Much love,

    Betty Roy :)
  • |208.66.144.xxx |2009-07-13 08:19:47 Cris  - Thank You
    Thank you for the very kind note. I'll ask Dad about the minnow tank and the
    poppy flower bed. I like listening to the stories.
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