poppies and bbqs??

We had our Christmas fair fundraiser for our village church yesterday. The weather was so mild that a bbq was set up outside in the courtyard and did a roaring trade selling 120 burgers!
As I loaded up the car with my homebaking for the cake and candy stall I noticed this poppy had just bloomed. These poppies normally flower in May/June and have faded by August so it's a bit of a surprise to see it now. Climate change ? What's that? This time last year we were knee-deep in snow and the Christmas fair had to be cancelled as the roads were unsafe, we couldn't keep the carpark clear of snow and the paths were like ice-rinks!
I had a brilliant time at the fair, helping in the make and take craft area for the children. The kids were decorating porcelain trinket dishes and I was setting the ink with a hairdryer then gift-wrapping their pressies for their grannies and grandpas. It was tremendous fun. My cakes were sold as were the two scarves which I had put on the craft stall.
We raised £1,300 for the Wind and watertight repairs fund and are very close to our target of £70,000. (we have more than £65k I think).

No doubt the weather will change this week and I won't have any more plants being confused by the mild weather. A shame really, as after last winter I would be happy if we only had a light dusting of snow for one afternoon in January!