
Closeup up of the the sunflowers among the forest of sunflowers.
Who cares about sunflower forests. Come and do the Gargoyle with me!

Another part of the sunflower forest.

Gwendolyn

Sunset

Sunrise
Prime time loosed Laudes shades
Colors fly on clouds at dawn
Sunflowers’ faces looking east
Contemplating eschaton
Drama of their world
Between what is and what will be
A risen sun, the end of summer
From Terce to Sext to Nones is eternity
Arcoíris pulls on Vespers
Eternal promise lights cut dim
Sun checks out at Compline
Martins tucks it in
Sunflowers tall bow their heads
Rooted firmly holding sand
Contemplating darkness see
The end is at hand

Sunset

Miss Mantis models
On a sunny sunflower
Sassy she can be
Miss Mantis hitched I ride on me as I made my way from the car to the house through our sunflower forest. I felt something walking around on the back of my arm giving me little love pinches. After I put down a load of books, my briefcase and some framed pictures I was taking inside, I looked at my arm, and there was Miss Mantis enjoying the ride. I put her on a plant on the deck until I got everything put away. I walked back out to the plant, and she was there waiting. I put out my hand, she hopped onto it and I took her out to a sunflower where she was a very good model. I didn’t want to leave her in the plants on the deck because the cats would get her. I had to rescue a praying mantis from the kittens few nights ago.
I don’t know what this little bird is, but it was insistent about getting its photo taken. The minimum focus on the Bazooka is 11.5 feet (3.5 meters). This bird kept hopping to branches closer to me making me back up to get it in focus. It’s an adorable little bird. Maybe Brian or Susan Hunter can identify it.