The sunflower stalk cracked due to the weight of these heavy blooms. So rather than leaving them on the ground, I clipped all the flowers and made this huge unwieldy bouquet. Short-lived but oh so beautiful.
Sunflower bouquet
Category: sunflowers
Summer day
Just some photos of all the beauty surrounding me on this sunny summer day.
Sunflower harvest
It has been a spectacular sunflower year. All were volunteers in the main garden. I transplanted a few into a better spot, but still was impressed by how well they all did.
We started bringing large and small bouquets of them into the house. In the kitchen, their beauty brings joy and uplift hour after hour, day after day. There are blooms remaining in the garden, but many are hidden around the corner or may not have their faces toward us. A small effort to bring them in and change their water, for the amount of delight they bring with them.
Mid July
The garden is full of delights. And as always, mysteries.
This morning, a heavy dew or maybe a descended fog spangled everything. It burned off as the sun got hot.
I took some photos. I tried to photograph dew but it never comes out as beautiful as it is,
A few flowers
Dahlias from Barb at the meditation center. Shasta daisies transplanted from the front garden. Poppies from seed purchased at the Good Life Center. Sunflower from ? Maybe from last year’s saved seed. Healing vibes.
Garden scan
Row by row scan:
