Sunday: a good sense of timing

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[OT from cottage renovations]
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there's a reason this red poppy gets to be appreciated in situ ...

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Bittersweet Cottage garden

... it stayed tight in its bud until two hours after the deadline for flower show submissions.  surely it knew I was out there with shears in hand. 

Papaver rhoeas