Biltmore and Happy Faces

Like a single sunbeam on a warm sunny day, there is an exuberance and brillance in a sunflower.  They symbolize unwavering faith and unconditional love.

Hi friends,

Bob and I spent a wonderful afternoon at Biltmore yesterday.  It had rained and we had cooler temps.  I took so many photos that I have divided this post into three. The sunflowers deserve their own post.  I hope you enjoy this sunflower beauty.

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No matter how many times I enter this gatehouse, I am filled with delight and expectation and it never disappoints.   I have been patiently waiting on the sunflowers.  Mother grew fields of them so they are part of my DNA.

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Here I go…….  out in the middle of the field!

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Sunflowers are beautiful and happy flowers.  “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.  It’s what sunflowers do.”    Helen Keller 

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I love to see their heads before they begin to open…such expectation….such beauty.

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I want to be a sunflower so that even on the darkest days I will stand tall and find the sunlight.

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A young sunflower’s face follows the sun from sunrise to sunset every day and repeats the cycle until maturity.

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Fields and fields of beautiful sunflowers and a corn field in the background,  Mother always planted her sunflowers near her corn field.

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As sunflowers reach maturity, they face East so they attract more pollinators.

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We know sunflowers are inspirational plants, even to famous painters.  Vincent Van Gogh loved sunflowers so much, he created a famous series of paintings, simply called ‘sunflowers’.

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One happy face…..

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A second happy face....

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And, oh yes, a third happy face.  See you tomorrow for more beauty…lots of hydrangeas.

  Dianne

 

 

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