A Poppy for the birthday girl

This weekend is the birthday of a lovely lady I know through Busymitts.  I know she loves poppies, ribbon and buttons - so here you go Eilly.  Hope you received it okay and hope you have a good day.

Poppies are symbolic for remembrance day of soldiers who have died during wartime - fields and fields of poppies were seen after the first world war.  The field poppy flowers each year between May and August.  Its seeds are spread by the wind and can lie dormant in the ground for a long time.  If the ground is disturbed the seeds will germinate, grow and flower.

This is what happened in parts of the front lines in Belgium and France.  The Spring of 1915 was the first time that warm weather began to warm up the countryside after the cold winter at war in 1914-1915. Farmers ploughed their fields close to the front line and new life started to spring forth.  The ground had been disturbed by all the fighting and the dormant seeds germinated and grew during the warm weather. They now give a glorious red splash to the countryside - a reminder of all those who fought for our freedom.
In classical mythology the bright scarlet colour of the poppy signifies a promise of resurrection after death.