202/366: Exquisitely Tattered Poppy

A few years back, Steve and I went on a tour of gardens in the nearby town of Ashland. By day's end, I was totally fried, and since that year I was doing a 365 Project (post one picture every day for a year), only one image from the nearly 1,000 that I took would be posted. In the end, I picked a picture from my friend Elaine's garden, and though I would end up processing many pictures from her garden, these photos have sat, for the most part, completely untouched. What a tragedy...the number of flowers, the variety, the colors, the interesting shapes...there is a veritable treasure trove in this folder.

Tonight I dipped a toe in. My first glance and...BAM! I found this poppy in its last hurrah, with petals giving way in the afternoon sun, and yet still so lovely. Time to show yourself, you beautiful thing!!

I'm going to spend some time in this folder because there are so many lovely flowers that deserve a chance to be seen. Stay tuned...I hope to reveal lots of stunning blossoms from my photographic adventures that day. If any of them are even half as successful as this one, I'll be a very happy camper! :)