tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post8912263021202967337..comments2023-10-14T06:44:00.218-07:00Comments on Vinsanity: The state flower.Vinogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-2176139127237059952010-04-14T20:32:43.971-07:002010-04-14T20:32:43.971-07:002B: Great minds think alike etc.2B: Great minds think alike etc.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-41981754617843141502010-04-12T14:11:02.534-07:002010-04-12T14:11:02.534-07:00@Vinogirl I love that we are tandem-state-flower-b...@Vinogirl I love that we are tandem-state-flower-blogging! :-)Do Bianchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744434741371288465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-66376478613224768882010-04-09T09:21:13.742-07:002010-04-09T09:21:13.742-07:00Thud: Dandelions, daisies and clover all work jus...Thud: Dandelions, daisies and clover all work just as well.<br /><br />Villager: They look like satin close up.<br /><br />Affer: Daffs well dead over here. <br />I have red poppies pressed between tissue paper in an old AA road atlas from your neck of the woods.<br />Studied Plath for my English A Level...wish I'd had a cheery bunch of poppies in my classroom to minimise the sombre effect her poems had on me and my fellow 17 & 18 year old classmates!Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-73458525766584948362010-04-07T14:23:43.478-07:002010-04-07T14:23:43.478-07:00Beautiful, VG, just beautiful. Here in Turnipia, ...Beautiful, VG, just beautiful. Here in Turnipia, our poppies will not flower until June (we're covered in daffs at the moment!). Deep red, the poppy is also Norfolk's unofficial county flower - in fact, part of the coast between Cromer and Overstrand was known as Poppyland, so abundant were they. But, the EU's end of 'set aside' means that fewer wild meadows exist these days, and we poppy lovers have to make do with displays in the field margins. <br /><br />Sylvia Plath wrote two poems about poppies (Wartime Housewife will expound on that, I'm sure!). I find them depressing but 'In Flanders Fields' always touches me.Afferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053428773264067176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-54953335526990890522010-04-07T00:36:02.249-07:002010-04-07T00:36:02.249-07:00A delightful flower, and colour.A delightful flower, and colour.The villager:https://www.blogger.com/profile/05958651498465950885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5287585119513058786.post-79660871714794279562010-04-06T12:19:43.611-07:002010-04-06T12:19:43.611-07:00Monkey and I will consider them for our mini viney...Monkey and I will consider them for our mini vineyard.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.com