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“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”
Henry David Thoreau
At the corner of Laurel and Howes St. is a median strip with multi colored tulips. I knelt down low so I could just catch the sunrise in the background. Spring is beautiful!
“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different. And there’s room in the garden for every flower. You didn’t have to struggle to make your face different than anyone else’s on earth. It just is. You are unique because you were created that way. Look at little children in kindergarten. They’re all different without trying to be. As long as they’re unselfconsciously being themselves, they can’t help but shine. It’s only later, when children are taught to compete, to strive to be better than others, that their natural light becomes distorted.”
Marianne Williamson
“The only journey is the one within.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
I had never noticed this field of sunflowers before and driven by several times. So, I’m not sure if its a new field or I’ve just overlooked before. Anyway I turned around and went back to explore the field of flowers. I was not the only one as I encountered three other vehicles all stopping to take photos. We do not know just how large these sunflowers really are until we walk among them. They are beautiful.
And, since you asked: Sunflowers exhibit heliotropism — they follow the Sun’s daily round. Heliotropism most likely helps to increase the development of pollen — once pollinated the sunflower head remains facing east. This daily dance with the Sun results from motor cells in a flexible segment of the stem just below the bud known as the pulvinus. These cells enlarge or shrink according to the turgor pressure of the water against the cell walls. As pressure increases on one side and decreases on the other the stem responds by drooping or stiffening.
I spent a bit of time at the CSU Experimental Garden this past Sunday. What a beautiful place to be and take in all the gifts of nature.
“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it’ll annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” – Herm Albright
From my sisters back yard. (X-E1 and 18-55mm)
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.”
Dropped by me sisters house this past weekend and wandered around her beautiful yard looking for flowers. I found a some. Enjoy!
