Last evening, my daughter dropped me off at my house after we had just come from viewing a neighbor's fabulous gardens. My 8 foot sunflowers greeted me and I doubt if the deer could reach the tops now. They grew way beyond the chicken wire.
My neighbor's fence that surrounded her yard was an unusual design of iron. It was straight for 10 feet, then curved out for a 10 ft. expanse and then curved inward in an S-fashion. It was a gorgeous contour to highlight the brilliant flowers.
Her yard boasted 13 seasonal arrangements so there was color blooming from March to October. She graciously invited me back today to give me some of her volunteer plants BUT my new Mac is arriving and I have to be here to sign for it. I'm sure my K and L letters will now work but what panic it is for me to learn a new computer.
I'll go out and get a step-ladder and kiss my sunflowers "good-morning."
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You should be so proud of that sunflower... It is beautiful, so bright and full of life.
ReplyDeleteI just sent you an email telling you my Daughter gave me a more intense yoga DVD. I need to get in shape to keep up with you.
Terry
DeleteHahaha
Surely you jest. I mean me being in shape. But you should do more because you are already limbered up. I'm still on 12 reps and will be there at least another week.
you are my sunshine, my only sunshine... You make me happy....
DeleteYou are in better shape than you think!!
WoW! Beautiful sunflower!!!
ReplyDeleteturquoisemoon
Deletethank you ma'm.Kind of you to say so.
haha well you have more than me
ReplyDeleteDoes that give you glee?
Good luck with mac
Sure now you will be able to type with no flack
Pat
DeleteI'll send you sunflower seed
I'll have much more than I need
Next spring you can plant outside your door
For Orlin and Cassie while you're at the store
Their tails will twitch as they watch the birds eat
And hoping the birds will be their next treat.
I think that sunflower is beautiful...it should have a poem written about it :)
ReplyDeleteKeith
DeleteThanks. You write the poem. I get all rhymed out after Pat's in the morning. Haha
You have once again discovered the angst that follows comparing yourself (or what you have) with another.
ReplyDelete"Instead of comparing our lot with that of those more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged." ~Helen Keller
I love your sunflower and have spent this entire summer bemoaning the fact that I didn't think to plant any. So, compare yourself to me (the great majority) and it will surely put a smile on your face.
((Hugs))
Robin,
DeleteNot really... sometimes I just need something to write about. Haha You know how that goes. I'd never get down about wanting material things. I'd better re-read what I wrote. It was written at 4 AM. These large sunflowers are really neat. Enough for the birds all winter.
Keith
ReplyDeleteI looked up the song, "you are my sunshine" You can write the poem.:)
Thanks. I think these giant sunflowers are so majestic. Some of them got knocked down by a big hail we had a few weeks ago.
I've always wished that I could grow sunflowers here, but we just don't get the weather for it. It's the old bloom where you're planted idea... just do what you can to brighten your corner of the world and go with the flow. It's all anyone can really do, after all.
ReplyDeleteJasmine
DeleteI'm trying to figure out these big bopper sunflowers.If the ground gets too wet, they topple over. Maybe I didn't plant them deep enough because they don't have much of a root system. Guess I'll have to look it up.
You are right.... do what we can...
Hey, bet she doesn't have an 8 foot sunflower. Besides, think of all the work she has to put into her garden. However, that fence does sound eye catching.
ReplyDeleteEach year I mean to grow some sunflowers, not only for the beauty but the seeds for my birds. Somehow I never do. Yours is s dandy.
Patti
DeleteI'm going to change a couple words in this post. People think I'm really envious or depressed that I can't have something. I'm definitely not. I wrote this at 4 AM and I remember I was searching for words. Must have gone over the "red line." hahaha I'm growing them for the birds for the winter. My neighbor brought over 2 big bags of thistle because she said they don't like her dispenser. They are picky little eaters.
Your sunflower looks wonderful. You mustn't despair Manzi ! Yes, would you really want all
ReplyDeleteThat work that your neighbour must surely have to do! Love that song and it made me smile. Take care.
Dear Thisisme
DeleteThanks and I changed the words a little. I'm really never in despair. It was early, 4 AM and I was searching for words. I do work as hard in the yard as she does because I want to reconstruct the gardens that died while the house sat vacant. When I moved to Bozeman, I had the yard landscaped by a design person but I much prefer doing my own. I don't even let a commercial company mow the grass because they a
Thank you for being so sweet.
Sunflowers are the BEST!! Enjoy your 8 wonderful stems of pure gold!
ReplyDeleteAnd enjoy your Mac too! Love this smooth take on a fab song!! Take care
x
Old Kitty
DeleteSunflowers are neat. Great bird food for the winter. I suppose this newer Mac will be a little different and I don't do well learning techie things by myself. I'll have to go to Bozeman and have my guru get it going.
I think that jazz pianist is a student, but he is good.
As long as you have a sunflower you have a happiness spot in your garden.
ReplyDeleteMerle .............
Merle
ReplyDeleteSuch a nice way to look at it. Thanks. And they are happiness flowers. Good thought.
One more than I
ReplyDeleteJohn
DeleteYou must be back. Hope you had a great vacation.
Well then, what an inspiration you are to us, to be working so hard in your own yard. I agree with you, I much prefer to work on the garden myself.
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DeleteSomehow my last sentence to you got cut off. I was going to say, the commercial lawn mowers always nick the bark on my new little trees. When they edge, they often whip off plants.. I want to get more organized on the plants so there is constant bloom. I had put the small river rock on all the gardens years ago and now I want them off but after all this time, they have mingled with the cloth and weeds. The only way I can think of getting rid of them is to get down on my knees and pick out the rocks. Slow and boring work but I try to do a little each day. The deer are a huge problem here. Everything has to be fenced.
Your garden is the most beautiful. You have so much space and it is truly magnificent.
When I was little, for a few years in a row, my dad would arrange with the radio station to play "You Are My Sunshine" on my birthdays, I felt rather special all day.
ReplyDeleteRiver
DeleteOh, that is so sweet. I bet you did feel special and not only feel, I bet you were. You had a very special Father too.
I'd like to know more about the sea meal for cats that was mentioned in comments on the previous post. I think my daughter's cat could benefit.
ReplyDeleteRiver
DeleteIt's called Solid Gold Seameal ..... for cats and dogs. You can read about it on Amazon.com. Perhaps I put this in a post or comment but when I got Puss Kitty as a barn cat, I thought she was a short hair cat. I began making her raw food and put a lot of supplements in it. Then I add the Seameal, taurine and some enzymes to each serving. Her improvement was amazing and she is really a long hair cat. Pretty funny, huh?
I always hesitate recommending products to people but I just suggested that Patti (from Arkansas Patti) read about it for her dog who is 16. She has evidently been using it because she just commented on how good her dog is doing now.
Good luck with your daughter's cat.
Thank You, I'll check Amazon.
DeleteFabulous sunflower. Good luck with the computer. We recently got a Mac but I find it confusing. So different from my Microsoft laptop. I don't think I'll ever get used to it.
ReplyDeleteRos
DeleteOh thanks. I am a loyal Mac person. I'm just replacing my 10 yr old Mac with a new one. I hope there haven't been too many changes in the past 10 years as a techie I'm not. Haha
Yo Manzanita!
ReplyDeleteI is likin' dat sunflower. I think a sunflower escaped out of a cartoon. And y'all know that sunshine on my shoulders looks so lovely....
Have fun with yo new computer. My human has been taught be me. He has plenty to learn.
Stay chillin',
Snoop Bloggy Dog in da Gangsta's Pawadise!
Snoop Bloggy Dog
DeleteWell shut mah mouth
And let's go south
A dog not only can fetch a ball
He blogs and types and all
And I'm oh so will'n
To staaaay chill"n
To see Snoop Bloggy Doggie
In da Gangsta's Pawadise sagee
It is a cool sunflower at least
ReplyDeleteHoly Ghost
DeleteCool as a cucumber.
Those sunflowers exude life, Manzanita!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your new Mac. You will fun with it, I'm sure.
Julia
DeleteI'm just replacing my old Mac that is giving me problems now. My typing isn't as bad as it appears most of the time. My old Mac has a mind of it's own. Sunflowers really do hold the sunshine. Ha
Once I saw a big field full of sunflowers and I could've just stood there watching it. It does depict happiness and life!
ReplyDeleteNas
Nas
DeleteOh don't they express pure joy and sunshine. To see a whole field of them must be quite a sight with their heads all turned in the same direction toward the sun.
I love that image of you on a stepladder kissing your sunflower. Hi Manzanita! It's been awhile since I've come over. Hope you like the Mac. It ought to be a breeze to learn. Mac is the only computer I know how to use. :-)
ReplyDeleteSu-sieee
DeleteI was guessing when I said 8 feet tall. I think they are even taller than that. Next year I want to plant more. They are my bird feed for the winter. I've been seeing many hummingbirds this year. When I sit still, they land right in front of me.
I'm just replacing my old Mac. I think long ago we talked about how much we love our Mac'. I love my Mac, I love my Mac, I love my Mac. I'm writing a song. nyuk nyuk nyuk
You should post a picture of that fence. I'm having trouble visualizing it. Then again, I'm not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteAl
DeleteI was going to but I never have my camera with me. I only have a dumb phone that takes yucky pictures and I usually never have that with me either.
Oh I think you'd brighten up any tree..... Christmas or the Tree of life.
The iron sounds pretty! I like that your sunflowers got so big. :)
ReplyDeleteThat guy on the keyboard was rocking that song, loved that video!
Rosey
DeleteYou have to plant the big sunflower seed.The kind that falls from the bird feeder and sprouts near the feeder is the small kind of seeds. I guess they are black and the big ones are stripe.
Dear Manzanita, the unique fence, the tall sunflower, the jazzy music--what more does a woman need to make her Thursdays enjoyable in this heat!!! Peace.
ReplyDeleteDee
DeleteOh thank you. Yes, it makes for a beautiful Thursday and hot... you got that right. Ha
Wow, I never had sunflowers that tall. They must be something else to see. Love the idea of you climbing on a ladder to get 'em a smooch.
ReplyDeleteSusan
DeleteI just got the visual firm in my mind, myself. Should have a picture of that one. A Jack in the beanstalk picture.
Wow, I never had sunflowers that tall. They must be something else to see. Love the idea of you climbing on a ladder to get 'em a smooch.
ReplyDeleteSusan,
DeleteThanks..... Oh, I guess this is the same. I see you are back . Haven't been to see how your week went.
So many people have sunflowers on the mainland. I don't remember many in our Illinois neighbor, but they are such happy flowers. The birds must just love them. Yours is sure tall.
ReplyDeleteKay
DeleteI put them in the fence because I thought the deer would get them but they are so tall that the deer couldn't reach them. Ha
love sunflowers we would have some every year, they can grow huge!! good luck with the new computer, just press all the buttons and see what happens!
ReplyDeletePoke the rock
DeleteHaven't seen you in awhile. Thanks. I suppose the computer will be a little different and then I have to learn all over again. ugh
I wonder if they will grow in Florida. I would love to try a few in our garden.
ReplyDeleteJJ I don't know why not. They like the sun and the head follows the sun during the day. It could be too hot, too.
DeleteI loved this video. We used to sing it at the end of every tai-chi lesson because our teacher liked it so much. I can hear my granddaughter's voice in my mind singing it.
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