These - seen on our evening walk round the block, or, rather, round several hilly blocks, are Matilija Poppies, native to Southern California and northern Mexico - huge white petals with a yellow center that makes them look very, very like a cross-section of a Cadbury's Creme Egg. It would be great to have some of these in our own garden - we planted some, a few years ago, but they never really took off. Maybe now that we're re-doing things out back ... It's been hard, today, not living mentally still back in Hillside - not least when the poppies have morphed into entirely different sorts.
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