in minnesota (where i usually reside for any new visitors to this blog), is not someplace where flowers of any variety begin to bloom in november.  there is a roundabout on the outskirts of Béziers (where i currently and temporarily live, for those same new visitors to the blog), that is our gateway to anywhere we want to go along the meditnerranean coast of languedoc. in other words, we use this roundabout a lot. so when i spied these poppies this week, i knew they had not been there previously, and had just bloomed within a day or two. that is to say: in mid-november! it is only coincidence that this same week brought the first significant snow to minnesota. only coincidence. it means nothing.

california poppy (pavot de californie)

béziers, languedoc, france