Took the paper recycle out tonight and was watching Jack dig in one of the sunflower beds. It’s the bed that caused rampant speculation in the neighborhood last year as to exactly what I had “planted” in my back yard. Nooooo……not that :)

The bed happens to be about 7 feet long and three feet wide and kind of oddly placed at a right angle to the house. But instead of pushing up daisies, it pushes up miniature sunflowers all summer long. This year’s crop will be awesome because I harvested all the seed last year to replant. Sometimes that will result in the plant reverting to the original cultivar, so maybe I will get a mixed bed. Who cares, I just like ’em hanging around. I love the texture of the seed head, so I photograph them right up until they dry up to nothing. Such a sturdy plant and so full of cool curves and textures.

Won’t be long!