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Bright reddish orange flower oriental poppy with a dark purple blackish center that looks like a huge button.

Oriental Poppies at the Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA

Posted on April 2, 2016September 11, 2016 by V

Bright orange, reddish colored oriental poppies at the Weaverville, Highland Art Center, CA. They are gorgeous! — These beautiful flowers are at the Highland Art Center.

These poppies are magnificent! They are bright orange color, with hints of red and a very dark purple black to them. These particular flowers have been growing at the Highland Art Center in Weaverville, California, for many years. I haven’t seen any as large anywhere else in California, but I am sure they are out there!

These poppies usually bloom in May, or late May, so you have time to make it there this year. If you visit Weaverville, California, and enjoy art, you should stop in at the Highland Art Center. They are located on Main street. If you go in the spring, spring you will also see these wonderful flowers.

Oriental poppies in the yard of the Highland Art Center in historic Weaverville, CA, these are huge bright orange red colored flowers that have a huge black purple center and lots of greenery to contrast. — Oriental Poppies in northern California, town of Weaverville.

Also known as Papaver oreientale, these flowers are from the Caucuses of Turkey and northern Iran. The are similar to ranuncula flowers, which are wonderful also. I will have to go by the Art Center and see what they are looking like this year!

Beautiful close up of one bright organge poppy with greenery and an unopened bloom. — Papaver Orientale or Oriental Poppies.

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Sundial bridge a wide walking bridge with glass and white suspension which is a sun dial also.

Sacramento River and Sundial Bridge in Redding, California

Posted on October 21, 2015October 26, 2016 by V

The Sundial Bridge is a walking bridge over the Sacramento river in Redding, California, next to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park. It is something to see if you are visiting Redding, CA.

Looking up at the tip of the sun dial part of the bridge, an all white pointed dial. — Sundial.

Large white tower part of the sun dial and also the metal suspensions. — Sundial part of the sundial bridge in Redding, CA.

The bridge is an actual sundial and you can tell the time of day with it. It’s big as you can imagine, the part of the structure that jets out in the sky is the dial part. Right next to the sundial is a garden a a walkway, bike way also, along the river.

The bridge is designed by architect, Santiago Calatrava.

http://www.turtlebay.org/sundialbridge

The design for the Sundial Bridge was conceived by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the world’s premier bridge designer. Calatrava has built bridges, airports, rail terminals, stadiums, and other structures around the world. Though he recently completeda major expansion of the Milwaukee Art Museum, and has been selected to design the new Oakland Cathedral, this is his first freestanding bridge in the United States.

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This large orange poppies with black centers, and dark purple centers are almost waist high. They are magnificient.

Oriental Poppies, Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA

Posted on May 8, 2015September 9, 2016 by V

Papaver Orientale or Oriental Poppy at the Highland Art Center in Weaverville, California. — Oriental Poppy or Papaver Orentale.

These bright orange and eggplant blackish color poppies are just gorgeous! They are really big too! They are at the Highland Art Center in Weaverville, California. Obviously, they have been growing for a very long time.

If you have time this weekend you should stop by and check out the flowers, they are beautiful! You can’t just see them driving by, you have to get out and walk to the left of the art center. You really should stop by anyway. The art center always has really nice handmade gifts, jewelry, art, great for birthdays, and what have you.

The Highland Art Center is a great place to enjoy some flowers in the spring, get some great art, jewelry, and lots of other handmade gifts! Visit this weekend to see the Oriental Poppies!

http://www.highlandartcenter.org

Beautiful Oriental Poppy

Oriental Poppy or Papaver Orientale at the Highland Art Center in Weaverville, California, CA — Oriental Poppy or papaver Orientale

Oriental Poppy or Papaver Orientale at the Highland Art Center in Weaverville, California, CA , Veroniqque, Northern California, Trinity County — Oriental Poppy, Eggplant Black and Bright Orange

Oriental Poppy or Papaver Orientale at the Highland Art Center in Weaverville, California, CA , Veroniqque, Northern California — Field of Oriental Poppies

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Weaverville Art Cruise

Posted on May 2, 2012April 24, 2012 by V

Weaverville has an Art Cruise the first Saturday of each Month. I went to the last one and there was so much beautiful art from all kinds of different mediums. I will have to make a point of going to this more often.

http://www.northstate.org/hiartc/artcr1.html

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Oriental Poppies at the Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA

Sacramento River and Sundial Bridge in Redding, California

Oriental Poppies, Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA

Weaverville Art Cruise