Matilija Poppies, Exposition Park Los Angeles
Photos by Lee Reeder, April 23, 2008

These photos were taken in downtown Los Angeles at Exposition Park and USC.

The Matilija Poppies were in full bloom today in the park.

Matilija poppies are similar in appearance to our Prickly Poppies in the mountains but they are much
more graceful and crepe-like.

I had the pleasure of having dinner with one of Time Magazine's Heroes of the Planet,
and definitely one of my heroes, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Spitting image of his Dad.

Difficult to shoot the Matilija Poppy without a bee in the shot.

A shot from the rose garden in Exposition Park.