Hello! Today I thought I would start with a picture I took this afternoon of my first sunflower of the summer. It doesn't seem like it's been long enough since I planted them for some to already be blooming. Well, some of them didn't "take" and I replanted, three times in total. So I should get sunflowers for the rest of the summer!

I admit, I love the sunflowers. They are easy to plant, take little work to grow, and are beautiful! This is the second summer I have planted them along the back border of my backyard. Because it's been rainier than the last couple summers, I haven't even had to water them, yet.

Perhaps next I will stitch some sunflowers to last year round, after I finish the cat and rose... (which is going rather well, by the way.)