Poppies and Irises
Poppies and Irises The end of May marked the end of the poppy season at one of the nearby flower parks and they allow parkgoers to pick as many poppies as they'd like before they close the field to plant sunflowers for the summer. The last time I went to the park, it was mostly red poppies that were in bloom, and there were baby blue eyes planted on the other side of the park. This time, I saw a variety of white, pink, orange and red poppies. The park turned the flower picking into an event, and even sold kits with scissors, plastic bag, and gloves. I brought my own, but I should've brought newspaper to wrap the picked poppies in. As we were picking the flowers, the maintenance crew was giving advice on what types of flowers to pick, the angle to place the cut, to cut the stems longer so the flowers will last longer. I thought the park would be more crowded with people coming to pick the poppies, but there were fewer people than the last time I was there. After I gathered a g...
