tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25188980.post7418030166192850409..comments2023-05-18T05:19:44.584-06:00Comments on Where Poppies Grow: SentinalDaisyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151689729555956103noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25188980.post-68185082173841704062007-06-03T01:41:00.000-06:002007-06-03T01:41:00.000-06:00Just got back from a visit to Passendale. That wa...Just got back from a visit to Passendale. That was the town where John McCray wrote "In Flanders Fields". It was VERY poignant....you can still smell the faint "swimming pool" odor of the gas when the fields are freshly plowed. Canadians lost thirty five men for every square yard of that awful ridge. <BR/><BR/>And yes, the poppies still blow<BR/>between the crosses row on row<BR/><BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>stagSTAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06198646624631167489noreply@blogger.com