This towering sunflower showed up voluntarily among a bed of zinnias my husband planted in the front of our home. I like to think of this lone sunflower as a guardian offering the zinnias warmth and encouragement. It makes perfect sense because the sunflower in essence represents optimism and light.
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What a beautiful photo – and gorgeous garden. I love the juxtaposition of colors and the height of the two kinds of flowers.
I like this. I have sunflower volunteers come up in my garden almost every year. I think the birds do it.
I love the color of the flower.
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Let’s hear it for happy accidents!
I love both the photos and your thoughts on the sunflower! Great inspiration for today, Thanks!!
Gorgeous flowers! I love sitting in gardens with a good book. It would be wonderful to have a sunflower stand guard over me as I read!
Nature’s accidents sometimes produce the prettiest results. Thanks to the birds handiwork. happy WW
It couldn’t have found a more perfect place to take root! Mrs. Sunflower kind of looks like a teacher looking over her flock of young students.
Wow, it does look as if it is keeping a protective eye over the other flowers. We have volunteer sunflowers under our bird feeder sometimes – they are so pretty!
I love sunflowers, they seem like they are left over from another age when everything was bigger. Happy WW
Love the photos, and I really like your idea of the guardian sunflower!