re: #169 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Before the rains, that spot I photographed and the meadow it was in were entirely yellow-brown and looked completely dead — except that the poppies were still blooming.
I planted some poppies among the lavender along the front of our yard by the sidewalk last year. Got a couple of small blooms. Hoping those few sprouts managed to multiply and will make a return. Already seeing signs of the Irises and Naked Ladies emerging. Stoked about those.