i JUST HAD to write to tell you how beautiful is your cali poppy picture.

i just gotta tell you, too, HOW LONG it took me to learn how to pronounce
the botanical name (and spell it!!): Eschultzia californica -- 2 WEEKS!!!
(there was no internet in THOSE days {ahem} and i didn't have any plant or
garden books {this was WAY EARLY of the genesis of my gardening career}, but
i know now, and YEAH!! it DOES makes a difference (to me). i like knowing
the anatomically correct name of plants (animals and insects, too).

anyways, that's just MY 2¢.

but, cynth, thank you EVER SO MUCH for posting that EARL. ;o)
--
With Malus toward none, and Cherry-Trees toward all.


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Date: 9 Mar 2006 15:57:51 -0800
Subject: CA poppies grow everywhere...

Just wanted to contribute a nice picture that I took....

http://www.see-my-pictures.com/temp/poppy.jpg

Cheers!