Not too far from my home, there's a solitary sunflower which remains standing, head bowed to the winter. This image was taken about one week ago. I hope you enjoy the images and quotes.
“The gaudy leonine sunflower
Hangs black and barren on its stalk,
And down the windy garden walk
The dead leaves scatter,- hour by hour”
~ Oscar Wilde
“The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy” Thomas Bulfinch
“Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also.
He attracts and follows."
~ Jean Paul Richter
He attracts and follows."
~ Jean Paul Richter
"Light-enchanted sunflower, thou
Who gazest ever true and tender
On the sun's revolving splendour."
~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Who gazest ever true and tender
On the sun's revolving splendour."
~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
It's what sunflowers do." ~ Helen Keller
It's what sunflowers do." ~ Helen Keller
"Space for the sunflower, bright with yellow glow,
To court the sky." - Caroline Gilman
