What a desolate place would be a world without a flower.
Clara Lucas Balfour
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Very much inspired by Dutch goes the Photo’s Tuesday Photo Challenge: Renewal
…please share what brings renewal to you…
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While scrolling through my plethora (I love that word) of photographs looking to complete a project, I happened upon this one image (amongst many) of a sunflower. Frank’s prompt for this week immediately came to mind. I stopped scrolling…Renewal!
I remember that beautiful day last fall (last fall? seems like years) wandering through a local apple orchard, but being much more interested in the rows of sunflowers nearby. Many had already been cut away and sold, but a few remained. A singular flower with its face to the sun in particular caught my eye and made me smile.
It still does.

Happiest flower of them all. 😍
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Yes indeed! Thank you 🙂
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I always love seeing sunflowers 😀
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Thank you! So do I 🙂
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Your photo inspired this little haiku this AM:
wild sunflower
flinging gold petals skyward –
you don’t care who sees!
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Thank you Ellen (and it’s good to “see” you again!). I am honored to have inspired your haiku. It fits perfectly 🙂
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I’m glad you think so. I once wrote a poem about daffodils I thought was pretty good until a true friend pointed out that the flowers i was describing were dandelions! Nothing rhymes with dandelions, so it was just as well … and I prefer daisies to both of them anyway.
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Well, your haiku for my sunflower worked out quite well and I thank you for your efforts. 🙂
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Sunflowers are spectacular!
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They sure are. Thanks!
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Welcome!
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I’m (surprisingly!) looking forward to sunflowers and Scarlet Emperor Beans. This is a beautiful photo. ❤
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Thank you. ❤️ And I am looking forward to more sunflowers…and your S.E. Beans as well 🙂
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Screams out warmth and happiness. Love it!
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Thank you! And we can all sure use some of both 🙂
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Wow!
This is an amazing capture indeed 🙂
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Thank you. It was quite the day for sunflowers. 🙂
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Sunflowers never fail to put a smile on my face!
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Same here! They seem to have a personality all their own. 🙂
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Haha I know!
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Ah, sun glorious sun.
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Absolutely! Thank you.
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