In 2006 the image won "The peoples choice award" in the “Art Views in the Hills” exhibition in Wanniassa (view), even though it was hung in one of the least visible places, well below eye level. I was surprised for I thought that people might not even notice it where it was hung. It was a bit like the poppy in the image standing alone in a desert like place. But God saw it. As the spotlight shone down on the flower, so the spotlight shone on my art work, singling it out. It was noticed and honored. It was not forgotten. It reminded me of the image I had made called “Something beautiful for God” (view).

In 2008, the very day I was editing the section in my autobiography about how I created Loved - Never Forgotten, I had to walk to visit the doctor because our car had been stolen, and beside the footpath where I was sure to see it, was a single red poppy. I had never seen one growing beside this path before! There were no others poppies growing anywhere along this road. This was the first. It was the same type as the one I had seen and captured for my art work, only this one looked stronger and had a second bud. I went back later in the day with my camera but the petals had already fallen off. The timing was miraculous. For it to be in full bloom as I was passing by, on the day I was editing this part of my book, was amazing.