Flowers Make Me Happy

In the field on the corner of our property, I planted some sunflowers. Some little critter ate the seeds, and I again planted sunflowers. This process was repeated 3-4 times, and finally a few sunflowers sprouted and grew. I love to look up and see the big happy yellow flowers against the bright blue sky. The day I took this picture it was very windy, and some nice fluffy white clouds were floating by. I thought I had better get a picture while the opportunity was there, as the birds have already begun helping themselves to one of their favorite meals-sunflower seeds.

Diagonally across the field are the cosmos that I planted in the corner of the field. They were blowing in the breeze, and the temperatures were perfect as I walked past the wild flowers and got a few pictures of their pretty pink, fuchsia and white blooms.

It would not have been right to not include a couple photos of the lovely wildflowers that are growing in our pasture field. Below are pictures of a type of milkweed ( which is the host plant for the monarch butterfly) and the royal purple iron weed.

Sunday evening as we were out for a drive we saw the balloons from Centralia's Balloonfest.
They had not been able to fly earlier in the weekend, due to the winds, but filled the sky with bright colors, and interesting shapes. I was fascinated by the 2 bees that are separate balloons, but they met in the air, and then floated in their own directions. They were so sweet, must have been "honey bees."

This morning when I got up and saw the sunshine, and remembered the morning glories on our fence, I knew it was time to take a walk and get a picture before they close their petals for the day. I love all the flowers, but morning glories are one of the first flowers I have a memory of. As a child, we always had a garden. Actually, we always had 2 gardens, one planted early and one later, and one of my jobs was to help hoe in the garden. I remember seeing the little morning glories blooming in the rows and I knew Mom wanted them cut out, and I felt it would be more appropriate to pick the flowers first, and put them in a vase before cutting down the plant. I always loved the blue morning glories, and I do understand now how they can take over the other crops, and can be considered "weeds" by some, to me they truly are "glorious".

Yes, it was a wonderful morning to soak in the sunshine, and spend time among the morning glories. I hope you too have enjoyed my journey.