From one day to the next, poppies pop.  They go from tight fuzzy buds bursting at the seams to this papery magnificence that only lasts a short time.  Poppies teach me to pay attention, to anticipate the pop and to savor every wondrously colorful moment of their beauty.  Short-lived though it may be, I admire the power of poppies in bloom because it remind me of what I aspire to, too.  They are spirit out indeed!