Visitors walk the trail as the fields are turning golden in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Poppies blow in the wind. Their blossoms, which open to the sun, close in the wind. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Matt Browning, with a friend, takes a photo of a poppy. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
A poppy blooms in the sunshine at the preserve in the Antelope Valley. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Poppies bloom along 170 Street West near the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
