Of Pineapple Cutting and Enormous Poppy-Like Things

This is my latest attempt at cutting up a fresh pineapple. Fun.


Are these poppies? They just suddenly POPPed open yesterday - maybe that's why they call them that! They look like poppies, except they're enormous, and thicker, and seem to have more petals and a very interesting, solid inside. Maybe I've just never seen any so close up, or maybe they are a different variety than I am used to. I suppose I should look for poppy seeds inside...that could be a clue. I know what those look like...


And now for more garden flowers (have you noticed I like flowers?): purple climbing clematis, and pink rhododendrons...

And finally, the red roses made their appearance in the side yard this week as well.