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Sunflower Summer: Squeezing Out the Goodness

This is most definitely the summer of the sunflower. We have had full bloom for so long now and the last of the varieties has started to bloom.

Lemon Sunflower Garden
The Lemon Sunflowers are just radiant and the bees are happy to have a new snack spot. We have been cutting them and bringing them inside to enjoy on the kitchen table.

Sunflowers August
The colorful sunflowers are amazing to look at up close. The seeds are so dark black and the petals look as if someone painted them on with watercolors…deep brown and burgandy.

Sometimes I go through a phase where I am all about words….writing, talking, sharing. Then there are times when it seems like things are just in pictures….colors, images, impressions. I think I am in one of those times right now and I just take hundreds of photos, am attracted to video, and need to make sketches and watercolors of everything I see. There just is not enough time to capture it all…..I know I will cycle around again and be ready to write more about my thoughts. My brain is certainly thinking all the time and there are many things I would like to share but in the meantime you will forgive my lack of writing and just enjoy my images instead.

I will be full of images soon…..one last hike at Yosemite coming up this weekend with a friend, a girl’s weekend. One last real month in the colors and liveliness of the summer garden. There are stacks of books waiting to be organized and enjoyed as we prepare for our homeschool year but they will wait until the last drop of summer is squeezed out of the season.

Enjoy your August day!

3 thoughts on “Sunflower Summer: Squeezing Out the Goodness

  1. Beautiful sunflowers! Ours are just beginning to open here.
    Looking forward to seeing the images you post of the remaining days of summer. Enjoy it!

  2. Because you have so much to share! Please stop by http://rileys-smile.blogspot.com/2011/08/versatile-blogger-award-for-rileys.html. I would be honored to share The Versatile Blogger Award with you. Stacie

  3. Gorgeous flowers! Here is the latest update on our upstate NY sunflower garden. http://blogshewrote.blogspot.com/2011/08/sunflower-garden-update-2-and-3.html

    Still more growing to do!

    Heather

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