California Poppy

The other day my son and I walked to the corner store for bread for sandwiches for lunch. It was sort of a lazy Saturday afternoon. Of course one we got there and spotted some fruit roll ups behind the counter that was 50 cents added to our total. I have noticed that even a little exercise helps make me feel better plus it helps trying to get some weight off. I try to take walks everyday but sometimes I can't so I try to be outside walking or jumping rope with my son, let me rephrase that, trying to jump rope with a while lot of laughter from him. I laugh too and am very happy he didn't secretly record it and share it with grandma. 
But, I try to do something. 

So on the walk back from the cornet store which is really 
Two corners away, I saw something I have never seen in this neighborhood and I have seen everything from raccoons to spiders around here. I looked down and there it was poking out from under a fence. One little lonely orange poppy. When I was about 7 my best friend told me that it was our state flower and if you picked the policemen would come and put you in jail. That scared me for years. 

The poppy also reminded me of the seasons changing. I was changing too and I took seeing that one lonely poppy peeking out from under that fence a good sign of change. 

Not all changes are good but I think this one will be.