Poppies at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

For Alfie's birthday we packed him into the car and met Jim & Les at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. We wanted to see 'Wave', a part of the ceramic poppies display at the Tower of London in 2014. Alfie was happier playing in the leaves!

And there were quite a few leaves to be seen!

What's better than leaves? Leaves AND a stick, of course!

 'Wave' has been drawing the crowds, particularly around Remembrance Day when we visited

The Tower of London installation had 888,246 poppies, one per fallen British or Colonial soldier in World War I 

The poppies are ceramic and beautifully crafted

French readers might like to read about the significance of the poppy to commemorate those who died in war.
Les lecteurs français peuvent en savoir plus sur le sens des coquelicots en cliquant sur le lien suivant:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy_Appeal