Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Sunflower Fields Forever
You have Tulip Fields in April –
Lavender Fields in July –
And Sunflower Fields in September? Who knew?
I’ve loved the seeds since I was a kid. If I had a nickel in my pocket I’d stop at the store on my way home from school and buy a bag – in the shell of course. I enjoyed them all the way home, extracting the toasted seeds until my fingers and lips were shriveled by the salt – they’re still my favorite road trip snack!
But my appreciation of the flowers for their own sake has come late so I didn’t know there was a Sunflower Festival in Snohomish last weekend. And with heavy rains now upon us I thought it was too late to see them anywhere in abundance. But as luck would have it we had to go to Sequim today to purchase an E-bike (more on that in another post.) And while we were there we stopped at Purple Haze – my favorite lavender farm – and I found sunflowers everywhere tall and bright and cheerful – under mostly clear skies too!
So now I know.
Tulip Fields in April.
Lavender Fields in July.
Sunflower Fields in September.
~ Susanne
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I always love to see sunflowers, whether in great numbers, or alone against a fence. Nothing seems more cheerful than a big sunflower head. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Yes! Sunflowers have personality! 🙂
Your card just arrived! Thanks for that. Unfortunately the USPS stuck some ugly bar-code stickers on the front of it, as you will see when the next post is published.
Best wishes, Pete.
Too bad about the card. 😦 I saw the lady put a big sticker on it, and hoped it didn’t cover the postcard too much! Sigh. You don’t have to use it. The pictures on my blog are better anyway! 😉 🙂
I want to use it. It only covers up the word’ Seattle’. 🙂
Ha! It’s a test! Everyone can guess where it’s from! 😁
I am grateful that someone got to see a lot of sunflowers this year. As you can see I am still irked at the woodchuck who devoured all of mine.
Sorry about that pesky woodchuck!! 😦 But I hope you enjoyed mine! 🙂
Love this! You know my limited success with sunflowers here…the key word is “limited”! 🤣I saw some in the garden section at a store recently and did not allow myself to even think about buying any! Your photos turned out awesome! 🌻🌻
Thank you so much! I was so happy to find them! I think I’ll try planting some next year!😊🌻
Love those swathes of bold colors.
Me too! I has so happy find them at Purple Haze. 😊
These photos of the sunflowers are absolutely gorgeous! I love them!
Kind regards, Alfiano Fong.