Good morning most humans and many others,
Since I sit here a look out the window a lot, I have been watching a sunflower that came up right by the back fence in the yard. This is one of those kind that have the huge center that are grown for the seeds. I think it probably was born of the bird seed that gets strewn all over the back yard.
Even though the sunflowers that grow from the bird seeds are usually little short ones with small flowers, this one was huge and beautiful. Tio Kane and Missy Linda called it "Emo Sunflower" because it never turned its head toward the sun. It just stood there looking down the whole time.
Sometimes in the past, there would be kind of a whole patch of little sunflowers around the bird feeder, and those would follow the sun all day, every day. It was an entertaining phenomenon to watch (if you don't have any more of a life than I do these days!)
As you can see, this is one sad-looking sunflower. Missy Linda's friend Alicia says that maybe it is not emo, but just sad and disappointed with its life. I don't know. What do you think?
On a lighter note, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISSY BARB! (Her age is not anywhere close to Amelia's age even though their birthdays are two days apart!)
1 comment:
Who is Emo?
In the past, I knew of Emo who was a regular patient on the Dr. Katz TV program. Probably not the same Emo, reckon? An excellent TV program, however.
We had a plant like your Emo Sunflower in our yard years ago. Ours also probably originated from strewn birdseed. When the blossom matured, the birds stole all the seeds out of the center.
Pseudo Uncle
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