Contre-jour Poppies

Poppies in contre-jour : Collex, CH

Photo copyright: Janet M Kincaid, 6/11

California Dreamin'...

California dreamin'... : Divonne-les-Bains, FR

Red poppies are pretty common in Europe and can be seen in fields all over France and Switzerland. On a recent walk in Divonne, though, I noticed some not-so-typical poppies in a private garden. These are California poppies. Normally, you see them in the western United States. My conclusion: the family who lives behind this gate is California dreamin'...

Photo copyright: Janet M Kincaid, 7/10

Musée Metropolitan

Montmartre Metro : Paris, FR

I'm making a bit of a stretch with the title and paying homage to Paris as a city of world-renowned museums and art and an equally well-known transit system, the Paris Metro. Today's photos feature art that can only be enjoyed if you're willing to climb the stairs from the depths of Paris' deepest Metro station to the exit up top at Montmartre. If we'd taken the elevator, we would have missed these. Fortunately (??), the elevator was closed for maintenance, so we had to hoof it. I'm glad we had no choice.

Photo copyright: Janet Kincaid, 08/09

Poppies

Poppies and a hovering bee

Not too far from Dr Lala's, and on the way to work, is a field of wheat and poppies. I left for work a little early this morning and was able to capture a couple of good pictures. Hard to do, though, in dress pants and dress shoes, but I managed!

Poppies and wheat

Photo copyright: Janet Kincaid, 06/09