"Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at the Tower of London marked one hundred years since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the First World War.
Created by artists Paul Cummins and Tom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies filled the Tower's famous moat between 5th August and 11th November 2014. Each poppy represented a British military fatality during that war.
After the display ended, the poppies were sold with all proceeds going to the Royal British Legion. Carole and I had spent a long day at the Tower looking at the spectacal (Google it for images) and were both incredibly moved so bought one which sits in a bespoke stand on our fire hearth.
@kjarn cannot believe 8 years passed! We were in London three times that year and it was fascinating to watch the poppy installation's progress from start to finish over the year!
@30pics4jackiesdiamond I actually feel like it was yesterday, as soon as I saw Phil’s poppy, my holiday came flooding back to me and it’s one I’d like to repeat one day.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond That is my plan, alternate weeks of low and high key (just playing). Dusting this is done very very gingerly, so scared of it snapping. London from us is a pain in the proverbial, so we tend to do 'long weekends' and take in shows (well we did before the world started enacting a Steven King novel).
Fabulous. This was on television, can’t even believe it was 8 years ago. Your poppy is lovely. You could buy one of those glass dome cloche’s on a wooden base to display it in.
Lovely.I went there too,an amazing sight.I read that there are going to be wild flowers to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, and they will blossom every year
Beautiful ceramic. Don’t you wish we would ever see an end to these wars? The google images are quite impressive, especially the one that looks like a waterfall of blood out of a window.
Your poppy looks nicer than mine
Hi-key theme this week?