Saturday, July 11, 2015

Sunflowers!

Our ancient path takes us through the fields in the valley between Saint Quentin and Uzes.
At first, when we walked into town, the fields were just plowed...rough clumps of brown were dampened by the Spring rains.  We were excited when the rough plowing was refined into smaller clumps of soil  (terroir).  But it was REALLY exciting when we realized that the seed that were sprouting were about an inch tall, and they were SUNFLOWERS!  I grow sunflowers in my garden
at the Cape every year, so when the seedling presented themselves with the two opposing green wing leaves, I was sure what they were!  We dared not hope that we would be here for the bloom!  As we walked our path in May, and June we were excited to see them grow knee high, waist high, and finally, about 5 feet tall!  How Gorgeous!  The bloom was really open at the end of June, but as of July, they are spectacular!  We have some wonderful pictures for you that show the fields, some, as far as you can possibly see!  Here are some of our favorites!







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