Photo-a-(every other)day(or so) ~ Coquelicots

[wayfaringwordhack]

Poppies![1] I love the delicate poppies that grow wild in the French countryside, especially when they bloom in the thousands, creating a swath of scarlet in a field of gold or green. Imagine my surprise seeing them flourishing in a cemetery on Ile de la Réunion. I guess I shouldn't have found their presence odd though, given the hundreds of microclimates on the island.

Poppies in Hell-Bourg[2] cemetery -- Reunion Island, 12 Oct 2008[3]

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[1] Please bear with me if the image size is too big. I'm learning new programs here and working with a different screen! :P And with that in mind, could you tell me how this size is for you on your monitor? I don't think it makes a difference, but in case it does, I don't want to put anyone out.

[2] The same gentleman, Anne Chrétien Louis de Hell, that gave his name to Hellville in Nosy Bé, Madagascar is responsible for the name of this village because he was governor of the island back in the days when it was known as Bourbon.

[3] I'll have other photos from this cemetery when I post some more Reunion Island vacation photos because it's pretty unique.  Too bad I didn't get to visit it alone. I could have taken more time there. :(

Comments

[clarentine]

(1) Image size is fine for my computer (large-ish flatscreen).

(2) I hadn't realized the French had/have the same odd naming convention as the Spanish where a man can wear a female (saint's or other religious-connotating) name. Interesting.

(3) Poppies! I have a great big print of a field of red poppies and yellow (grasses, maybe?) that purports to be somewhere French. Love that color combination.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

(1) Thanks!
(2) Yeah, it's the first time I've seen Anne, but I've run across a couple of "Marie's," usually Jean-Marie.
(3) Yep, probably grass or wheat. Beautiful combo, indeed. :D

[mindseas.livejournal.com]

Picture size looks fine to me on my big, old-fashioned monitor.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

size is perfect. looks lovely. :)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you muchly!

[pjthompson]

Exquisite--and just the right size.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks, darl. Glad to have you back once again.

I can't get all of my flist to open in LJ. Did you post any news about your mom?

[pjthompson]

I can't get all of my flist to open in LJ.

Is it a display issue? There's a command you can use to make all blogs display in your default. If I can remember where I found it, I'll send it along.

Did you post any news about your mom?

This is the last I posted:

I'm back to work today
Posted on 2008.12.02 at 10:13
For a half day, then I'll be taking mom to a doctor's appointment this afternoon. She's doing much better.

I am longing for a boring routine so intensely I can't even describe the depth of it.

It could have been so much worse, and I am grateful—very, very grateful.

She's doing much, much better. Almost back to normal, although I've been reluctant to post anything until I'm pretty certain because I'm superstitious that way.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*nods* I'll continue to think my good thoughts and pray my prayers for her and you. *hugs*

[pjthompson]

Thanks, sweetie. Today we went grocery shopping. Mom likes to do a once-a-month whopper and I went with her because...that's a lots of work. We came through everything fine, so I'm thinking the worst is over.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

So happy to hear it.

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

It's a good size for me and the color is glorious.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks and thanks. That is a gorgeous red, isn't it?

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

Yep yep!