It slowly becomes evident to me. I like how things unfold, how flowers change shape and color, how leaves in autumn display wonderful colors and tones and in no time turn into brown and grey tones. "Poppies opening up (on us)" is about the change of shape.

I took photos in my garden this summer of poppies opening. I never managed to shoot the process as it seem only to happen in the night. Perhaps this was just a coincident who knows. The last poppy was standing there, unopened and waiting for me, I thought. Nothing happened and to make things worse, I broke off the flower bug from the stem.

No dispair, I took the bud inside and was sure in a few hours it would open and I could take photos in a more controlled environment. Not so.

4 days and nights I waited and nothing seem to happen. Then suddenly during a very busy afternoon I walked into my bedroom where I had put the poppy and saw it had opened already. Camera was in place and as often as I could I took photos. Perhaps more than 150 in total.

This was the real start for more series of flowers and plants changing shape.