Sunflowers have such attractive and pretty late summer and autumn blooms and they have been the subject of many famous and beautiful paintings. Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe and Paul Gauguin spring to mind. I don’t paint, but I love taking photos of them. Here are a few favourites.
Have a sunflower day. 🌻
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The Gold Finches luv them here in east Tennessee ❗️
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It must be such a pretty sight to see sunflower gold finches!
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Beautiful set of pictures of the sunflowers. I really should plant some in my garden next year.
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They attract a lot of birds and butterflies, and of course, you can eat the seeds! They’re such pretty late summer flowers. Cheers.
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Love these sunny flowers Lynette. We saw a field of them in PEI and just had to stop. Happy Wednesday. Allan
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Thanks, Allan. Lovely! Fields of them are a stunningly beautiful sight. I would have stopped, too.
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Sunflowers are the happiest flower!
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They sure are, Wayne. Hard to see them any other way.
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find the biggest one and pluck out the seeds to make eyes and a big smile!
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I had forgotten about that, Wayne. It’s something we used to do as kids. 😊
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and here I thought I was being creative! Lucky you to discover that as a child!
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You were! Great minds and all that. 😊Thanks for reminding me of it as I had completely forgotten.
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…….and Peter Gabriel, who used to dress as a sunflower in early Genesis shows…
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Definitely! I forgot about Peter Gabriel and his outfits. He always looked like he had escaped a school play. 😊
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😂
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The happiest flowers I know. (I just wrote this and then I saw that “Tofino” had written the same thing. Oh well….)
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They are the happiest, for sure. Always such beautiful faces to see!
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🌻 + 😎 = 🧡
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Thank you, Ally. 😊
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We’re seeing fields of them throughout Provence. They’re so pretty, like your photos.
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Provence is quintessential gorgeousness, isn’t it? The fields of them are stunning.
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I wonder if they will hold out for 2 more weeks when I arrive there?
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Fingers crossed for you! 🌻
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They are very charming.
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They sure are; so pretty.
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A beautiful set of photos, Lynette! Sunflowers always make me smile 😊
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Thank you very much, Belinda. Sunflowers are so pretty and bright, but they often get passed over. Glad to bring you a smile. 😊
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We were in Kelowna in early May and enjoyed them blanketing the roadsides and fields. I can’t seem to grow them but love them as a bouquet. My daughter grows them very well so lucky me!
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Were those the little Okanagan sunflowers (these are actually balsamroot plants, but everyone refers to them as sunflowers). They grow everywhere for about two weeks in April/May. They’re so pretty covering the hills with their yellow blooms. My mom was an amazing gardener and she always said that sunflowers need three things: a sunny location (naturally), lots of water and some good manure in the root area at planting!
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Perhaps they were baldamroot plants but they look like mini sunflowers for sure. Well I’ve got loads of sun (as in no shade at all) but water is an issue.
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Yes, if they were the little minis growing everywhere then they were probably the Okanagan sunflowers. Such pretty wild flowers. Cheers.
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