Flower Print #1: Yellow Poppy Magic

This common and yet majestic flower has a timeless quality. Its gentle transparent edges move in the wind like the wings of a butterfly. The vibrant orange color intensifies as it continues towards the center, inviting us in, as though saying, “Come into my magic world.” In the center, the gentle tentacles open up to the world. Vulnerable and trusting, the yellow California Poppy is a wonder of this earth. The gentle green background creates a serene, dreamlike environment, easing us sweetly into the poppy lullaby

Inspirational Quotes

Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above; And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless My senses with the sight of her I love.
Author: Horace (Horatio) Smith
Source: Poppies and Sleep

How can one help shivering with delight when one's hot fingers close around the stem of a live flower, cool from the shade and stiff with newborn vigor! ~Colette

Some facts about California Poppy

The California Poppy was dubbed copa de oro, meaning “cup of gold” by Spanish explorers due to the color of the blooms as the summer progresses. Another common name for the poppy was dormidera, meaning “the drowsy one” due to the nighttime closing blooms. This name was also given to the California Poppy by Spanish explorers. Native Americans had several legends involving the California Poppy, with the most famous one involved the infamous gold rush. In addition to providing a nickname for the California Poppies, the Spanish brewed a concoction using poppy leaves mixed with olive oil and perfume to make a hair potion. The Native Americans living in the area put their stamp on the California Poppy. Due to the orange-gold coloration of California Poppy’s blooms, the Native Americans tell a legend of how the gold was deposited in the earth from the golden flowers of the poppy after the plant sheds its blooms. In addition to legends, Native Americans ate the leaves of the poppy as a vegetable and used other parts of the California Poppy were used to relieve aches and pains. The California Poppy was adopted as California’s state flower by the California State Floral Society in 1890. Another poppy, the Matilija Poppy, was in the running for the title of state flower. It is no surprise, however, that the Floral Society chose the California Poppy, partially because of its name. The poppy was named by Russian immigrant Adelbert Von Chamisso in 1816. Chamisso was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences who enjoyed the brilliant golden flowers in his new home so much that he gave them the name Eschsholtzia Californica after the state and one of the experts on the Russian expedition team, Dr. Johann FriedrichEschsholitz.

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