Poppies Light and Dark

This photos is from the beautiful Hollyhock B.C. Gardens, where I’ve been attending workshops since it was called Cold Mountain Institute in 1980 and I was there for a full summer of workshops that influenced my life.

The flower beauty shared of being in the light and being in the shadow. Petals unfolding into the sun, layers of symmetry,  yellow petal halo yellow center, red poppy shadowed  in background beauty.

New poppies folded, all around waiting, not knowing, that they too, shall bloom into the light.

This is a photo I just like looking at. Gives me peace.