Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim They are indeed California Poppies and are the most common wildflower in Southern California. It is, in fact, the State Flower of California. The cops must have been bullshitting you! Jerry Jim Hemenway wrote: > Years and years ago, some plants like those came up every year in the > back yard of my rented house in Berserkely, California. > > During the People's Park riots, a group of Alameda County deputies > charged through the yard in an attempt to catch one of the demonstrators > but failed when he scaled the fence... they couldn't, too much gear on > them I guess. Anyway, they noticed the flowers, inspected them and then > left. > > About a week later we were visited by the local police who said that > they were California Poppies and although probably planted legally > several years earlier, weren't legal anymore and had to be removed, > bulbs and all, and given to them. > > Your plants look just like em. > > -- > > Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > Mark Pope wrote: > > > > The digital camera has dug me out of a hole this week. I managed to take > > some shots of our (very) overgrown vegetable patch before it was dug over > > for us. > > > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/PAW/ > > > > Comments, criticisms etc welcome on or off-list as always. > > > > Have a good weekend everyone! > > > > regards > > > > Mark Pope > > Swindon Wilts, UK > > > > http://www.monomagic.co.uk > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/mark-pope > > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.pope4/Galleries/PAW/index.htm > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html