Flatbud Prickly Poppy - Faded beauty, West Desert, Tooele County, UtahFlatbud Prickly Poppy – Faded beauty – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1/1600, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light

This morning I am keeping this fading Flatbud Prickly Poppy post short and sweet for two simple reasons.

  1. I have been having internet connection issues for sometime now and it has been extremely frustrating. Okay, it has been more than frustrating. My patience has been tried.
  2. It has been five days since I have been in the field due to clouds in the mornings and I am heading to some place where there are birds and joy as soon as I can this morning. I need and deserve it.

Last week while I was in the West Desert I saw several blooming clumps of Flatbud Prickly Poppies. When I found one close to the road I stopped to take photos of it. Both of the blooms on the plant were a little faded but I still saw the beauty in them. The golden light of dawn made them glow and seem even more beautiful.

Life is good.

Mia

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