Sunflowers

When I was young I never thought that I would be/get into flowers, gardening, and the like. Even though I spent a lot of time down on the farm (literally) and loved it I never pictured myself defining much of anything by plants. We learn that beauty comes in many forms as we grow (no pun intended) older. Neen and I were on the west side of Michigan this past weekend visiting a friend and his wife and spending some time by the lake. On the way over/up I saw two fields of sunflowers. It wasn't a farmer/gardener with a twenty foot square of them. It was acres upon acres of them. I suppose it sort of struck me because I have never seen a field of sunflowers before. I was in awe as I drove past. After it was out of view I said out loud, "I guess sunflower seeds have to come from somewhere."