Poppies Four ~ The California Poppies were lovely among the Goldfields and other wildflowers. This type of poppy tends to have smaller blooms and grow low to the ground. Close-ups like this require hands-and-knees shooting.
These California Poppies are not from this year, as I haven't been out there where there are poppies and other wildflowers galore, but they show how glorious they can be this time of year. The small yellow flowers are called Goldfields, and were blanketing the hillsides below the poppies. 3/25/19 Judith Sparhawk
Field of Gold ~ I went to the Antelope Valley to visit the California Poppy Preserve. Despite our rainy winter, it wasn't one of the best poppy flowering years. Still, I found some wonderful pockets of blooming poppies. The little yellow flowers around the poppies are called Goldfields, and can blanket whole hillsides in yellow.
