8/25/23

 It's Friday, TGIF!  As I write this we should be coming off another extremely hot week so I feel I will be in need of something that makes me happy.  A sunflower with a Metallic Bee and wonderful bokeh should do it.  Sharing this image with great bubbly bokeh for today too because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

8/14/23

 Happy Monday!  I am growing a few Sunflowers this year, most of which are a red variety.  This one is such a deep red that it appears almost black.  It's quite lovely, I think.

7/31/20

TGIF!  It's Friday and Friday's are bokehlicious!  This image has some wonderful bubbly bokeh, my favorite.  My Sunflowers have been blooming every now and then and this Red one had just opened.  I had some that were volunteers and some I planted, I think the volunteers did better than the others.

8/12/19

I have several varieties of Sunflowers growing.  This one is lovely though rather short, only 2 feet tall.  Before the bloom opens it is almost back in color and I love the deep red of the petals.

7/20/19

This Sunflower was blooming yesterday evening while I was watering my flowers to prepare for the last day of intense heat today, hopefully.  I had planted several varieties of Sunflowers and a lot did not come up but the ones that did have been putting on a show.  This is a single plant that got quite tall and had these lovely reddish blooms.  2 of them were open and this one was just perfect and unblemished.

9/19/18

Still hot today but it's looking like only one more day of this.  My image today is of an almost perfect red Sunflower from my garden just a few weeks ago.

12/6/17

I am missing summer already.  Here is an almost perfect Red Sunflower I was able to grow this past year.  I'm still deciding on a new spot for them.  They were a bit to crowded.  I have several months to decide.  😏

9/18/17

We finally got a bit of rain the last couple of days.  Not really as much as we need but better than nothing.  I decided to share this image as the Sunshine we missed out on for a bit.  😃  This is an image of the red Sunflower I had growing in my yard that turned out so beautifully perfect.  I had a few produce but not as nicely as this one did.  I played with the image and muted the leaves around it.

8/24/17

I have a patch of Sunflowers growing in my yard this year that have done really well.  One of them produced the most vibrant red bloom I have ever seen on a Sunflower.  I captured this Green Metallic Bee, also known as a Sweat Bee enjoying it as much as I do one afternoon.