a quest for poppies 5-5 a
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On April 27, I took a short detour on my virtual bike tour, to find a field of poppies. I love poppies and I’d like to find a field of them on my virtual visit to central France.
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map showing red field … could it be a field of blooming poppies? (map from Google Maps)
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I started by scanning the maps to the south of the area I have been visiting. And I found what looked like a red field just south of my bike path. Side trip!!!!
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map showing my quest to find a field of poppies (map from Google maps)
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At the first of my side trip, I saw a lady, picking flowers along the roadside …
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looks like she is picking daisies … (image from Street View)
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I stopped to ask her if she knew any poppy fields in the area …
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the lady stops to talk (image from Street View)
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Jane to Lady-picking-flowers: Bonjour Madame! (Hello Madame.)
Lady-picking-flowers: Bonjour! (Hello!)
Jane: Je pense que vous aimez les fleurs! (I think you must like flowers!)
Lady: Oui. Je trouve un bouquet pour la table! (Yes. I am getting a bouquet for the table.)
Jane: Est-ce que vous connaissez s’il y a un champ des coquelicots dans cet territoire? (Do you know if there are any fields of poppies in this area?)
Lady: Oui. Dans le printemps, il y a un grand champ des coquelicots just à côté de cette route. Il n’est que deux kilomètres vers l’est. (Yes. In the spring, there is a big field of poppies just beside this road. It’s only two kilometers to the east.)
Jane: Bon! Merci! Bonjour! (Great! Thanks! Have a good day!)
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So off I went, peddling madly between fields of grain and plowed soil on a very narrow dirt road …
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the poppy field must be just up ahead (image from street View)
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It was boring, but I was watching for that gorgeous field of poppies …
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it should be just off to the left … (image from Street View)
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When I got to the area on the map where I was sure there was a poppy field, I saw only plowed field …
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I’m sure they should be just over there (image from Street View)
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As a reward for my search, I saw two poppy blooms in the grass beside the road …
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two poppies beside the road (image from Street View)
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I realised then, the Google Map and the Street View images were taken at different times of the year. So sad.
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Best View: imaginary poppies …
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Copyright Jane Tims 2013
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Oh! Your imaginary poppies are the Best View of all. 🙂
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Robin
June 3, 2013 at 7:06 pm
Hi Robin. Thanks. Glad you like them. Watercolor as a medium is much harder than pencil! Jane
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jane tims
June 4, 2013 at 12:08 am
I love the Best View – and the humour!
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Jane Fritz
May 22, 2013 at 4:28 pm
Hi. I wonder what the ‘lady picking flwoers’ would think if she knew she was the star of my post?!! Jane
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jane tims
May 22, 2013 at 7:19 pm
The drawing pf the poppies is gorgeous. If you can’t find them, create them.
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Carol Steel
May 22, 2013 at 9:06 am
Hi Carol. Thanks! I am experimenting with adding color to the drawings and doing some watercolors. I need paper that won’t wrinkle when water is added! Jane
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jane tims
May 22, 2013 at 7:19 pm