Still Waters Posted November 9, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This spectacular display of blood-red poppy fields was photographed in a moving tribute to soldiers as Britain prepares to remember its fallen heroes this weekend. The amazing shots were taken by Alan Ranger, 43, at Blackstone Farm nature reserve in Bewdley, Worcestershire, during a one-week window when the poppies appear in full bloom. Mr Ranger has released the photographs of the poppies - whose seeds can lie dormant in soil for more than 80 years before germinating - in time for Remembrance Sunday on November 11. http://www.dailymail...hotographs.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted November 9, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Wow! That's peerrrtttyyyy. I assume those are NOT opium poppies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchronomy Posted November 9, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 9, 2012 "In Flanders Fields" by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted November 9, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I love poppies. Thanx for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+joc Posted November 9, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 9, 2012 This is my favorite picture of Poppys 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted November 9, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 9, 2012 They are pretty poison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted November 9, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 9, 2012 My favorite flower! Delicate and beautiful. They planted them in a variety of colors along one of our interstates where we used to live. I think we saw them all over Greece too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted November 9, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 9, 2012 if you eat poppy seed bagels you can test positive for heroin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted November 11, 2012 Author #9 Share Posted November 11, 2012 This spectacular display of blood-red poppy fields was photographed in a moving tribute to soldiers as Britain prepares to remember its fallen heroes this weekend. Mr Ranger has released the photographs of the poppies - whose seeds can lie dormant in soil for more than 80 years before germinating - in time for Remembrance Sunday on November 11. From the poem For The Fallen by Robert Laurence Binyon They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnemonix Posted November 11, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Makes me think of The Wizard of Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
with bells on Posted November 11, 2012 #11 Share Posted November 11, 2012 very pretty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted November 11, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 11, 2012 That photo of the poppy field in Worcestershire reminds me of the ending of the very last episode of the fourth series of Blackadder The scene has, several times, been voted one of the greatest TV moments in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantm Posted November 12, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) Very beautiful! I luvs it. Thank you so much for the post, Still Waters. Much appreciated. Edited November 12, 2012 by Phantm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizoidwoman Posted November 12, 2012 #14 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Beautiful, SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted November 15, 2012 #15 Share Posted November 15, 2012 if you eat poppy seed bagels you can test positive for heroin. No you can't. That's an old excuse junkies used when they were tested and work ,and flunked the test . The seeds contain no opiates . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastLazyGun Posted November 15, 2012 #16 Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) if you eat poppy seed bagels you can test positive for heroin. You are confusing the opium poppy from the common poppy. There are many species of poppy and it is the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) which produces opium. Opium is the dried latex which comes from the opium poppy. Processed chemically, this can be turned into heroin. But opium can also produce the painkiller morphine and other medical drugs such as thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. There are opium poppies in England. In late 2006, the British government permitted the pharmaceutical company Macfarlan Smith to cultivate opium poppies in England for medicinal reasonsafter Macfarlan Smith's primary source, India, decided to increase the price of export opium latex. This move is well received by British farmers, with a major opium poppy field based in Didcot, Oxfordshire. As of 2012, they were growing in Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire. The poppies in the photo provided by the OP are common poppies (Papaver rhoeas), not opium poppies, and it is the common poppy which, since 1920, has been used throughout the Commonwealth as a symbol of the remembrance of soldiers who died in conflicts. The common poppies are dark red whereas the opium poppies are usually white or pink. Edited November 15, 2012 by TheLastLazyGun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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