"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what the sunflowers do."

~Helen Keller~

This is the ONLY sunflower out of about 30...that I planted from seedlings...that survived and bloomed! It seems that the area I planted them has cutworm infested dirt :(

I certainly enjoyed watching it grow from the 4 inch plant into the stunning flower that looked over my backyard for a few days. Squirrels enjoyed all of its seeds....so it is now just a memory!

Next year I will try again...but will fight the cutworms!!!

I really hope you enjoy this picture, it is my favorite of all that I took over the few days it was in bloom.