Today's Flowers is dedicated to Remembrance Day to commemorate all those who died in the wars of the past century. It stands to reason that this flower should be a red poppy!
More about Remembrance Day here
Flanders fields (Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, 1872-1918)
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
Today’s Flowers is hosted by Luiz Santilli Jr. Thank you, Luiz!To see more flowers click on the logo in the side bar
47 comments:
Beautiful tribute.
Love the ducks at the edge of the wading pool. Have a wonderful Sunday
wonderful shots of the poppies, fitting for the day
Well said, and beautiful poppies.
:) gorgeous - love the new header! :)
Cheers, Klaus
Good morning, I noticed you stopped by my blog, You need to come back and click, there is a beautiful slide show. I guess I didn't word it correctly, the ones that have stopped by, thought the click would make it glitter. But it was to see the slide show.
Can't read that without crying.
lovely shot.
My Flower post this week in HERE. Hope you have time to visit. Thanks.
Beautiful Flanders fields and text.
A beautiful post! I've always loved that poem. That's for the reminder. I tend to forget and I do like to put my flag out especially on Veterans Day.
Very appropriate - in Flanders 1918 poppies were the only flower that could grow.
Just beautiful! Perfect for cheering up my Sunday evening. Bye and greetings from Croatia.
Pretty poppies. One of my favorite flowers.
Flowers and animals, that's nature! Great shots!
Wonderful picture of poppies and beautiful tribute.
People say "I want peace."
If you remove I (ego),
and your
want (desire),
you are left with peace.
- Satya Sai Baba
Beautiful tribute! Wonderful photo!
Poppies are a kind of flower that I like to photograph but never got the chance to =D Beautiful images!
The wonderful bright poppy is a lovely tribute. Great poetry.
Thank you for stopping by.
Lovely photos and a wonderful post. The poem is a classic that I have known all my life, a touching and wonderful tribute to accompany your beautiful poppies.
Beautiful shots of the poppies.
I love wild flowers!
Great choice and post.
I just love poppy's and the daisy's are so beautiful as well. nice collection of flowers
Oh, wonderful summer meadows! I love that!
Crabby- just because its crabby, you dont think much aboutit and its just FUN! The opposite!
Love these flower photos! Also love your new banner.
Paz
Beautiful Post! The poppies are great...and I really liked seeing your header with the ducks sitting on the edge of that tub :0)
So good to see that someone else was brought up to remember.
Poppies, flowers of field and way side,
gleaming in the cornfield or meadow gay,
where are the sons we lost that day?
Wonderful tribute. Beautiful poppies. Too many died in the fields in WWI.
Lovely poppies, Wil. In the USA, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) sell paper poppies for us to wear in remembrance of those who fell in the war. Thanks for sharing the photos and poem.
Great post and timely too. Poppies are so pretty.
I love your header, what a beautiful ducks. I like also the poppies flower, pretty color. Thanks for the visit and have a nice day to you...
Hi my fiend
Wonderful flowers in your post!
I saw that you love flowers too!
Then, I invite you to send me some photos about flowers, we will post in TODAY'S FLOWERS!
I notice you the date of your post in TF!
My e-mail is luizsantillijr@gmail.com
Have a nice week
Luiz
Beautiful post! Thanks for leaving a comment for Donna :-)
Hi Wil Reader
A beautiful tribute, congratulations. We appreciate your participation.
hugs,
Denise, Pupo & Santilli - Team TF
Lovely post!
It's been a long time since I had read this verse.
Very fitting tribute!
I love the first shot with the daisies.
Congrats!!! You were the 1st commenter and are one of the winners! I just need your snail-mail address, I wasn't able to get if from your blog!
Thanks and Congratulations!
Kelly
nashkel@gmail.com
I was at the Henri Chapelle US Cemetery in Belgium this summer, it commemorates a major battle field (a hilltop) of the Battle of the Bulge. Even today, there are Americans there every day visiting it.
Wil: Red Poppies, how could you go wrong with these photos. A wonderful remembrance.
That's such a sweet tribute.
So, I take it that poppies and November are international for remembrance. How cool! I love the duck picture!
Lovely shot of those poppies.
Mary Popkins flashed through my mind.. :P
Love the shots of the poppies growing wild. Heart felt tribute. Thank you
Great post, I like that poem and the photos are just awesome.
Thank for stopping by at my blog :) I can send you some Nicandra seeds, if you would like that. You can reach me at jedediah at web.de :)
Well, well, well!
Great posting! I love your creations! Really beautiful flowers!!! Congratulations!!!!!
Have a nice week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your flower post and the tribute to your husband were both so moving that I have tears as I type. I have been touched by your words.
Thanks for bringing this poem, Wil. In school in America we learned it. Til today it brings me tears.
That poem will always be remembered - beautiful tribute Wil.
Wonderful post!
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