A Field of Poppies

What does a perfect summer morning look like?

A perfect summer morning looks like this...taking a new friend for a drive in the country to visit and old friend that cultivates a field of poppies in her back yard =}

With a lovely pastoral setting in the background we wandered through the flowers clicking away with our camera's.  It was hard to carry on a conversation.  I was enraptured by the beauty.

I have been thinking about painting poppies for a month now, and here was my chance to get saturated with them, an eye and a heart full of these lovely flowers.

Every where we looked there were yet more poppies to behold, and yes I took a lot of pictures =)

 

When we finally had our fill we sat down to do some sketches in the peaceful landscape with just the sound of a summer morning lulling us into the zone.  A place where artist's go when they are deep into their work.

The charming gardener was putt-sing around in the background pulling weeds and such.  She invited us to stay for lunch.  Even though my time was limited I couldn't resist staying for a quick yummy lunch of tuna salad served outside on the back deck with the view of spender below us.

Thanks so very much Nancy for an absolutely fabulous day! 

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