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Central, FL, United States
I am a former teacher, aspiring artist, inveterate traveler This blog is about my Florida garden experience and its expression though poetry, philosophy, photography and art. It includes my other creative endeavors. Here can be found posts about travel to other gardens around the world. My garden is a half acre in zone 9a which includes a large water garden. I have mostly a shade garden because of the huge live oak. To keep things easy, I love to grow bromiliads,ferns,gingers and other tropicals. I need to have a low maintenance garden. In the summer we usually have plenty of rain and it transforms into a jungle. I have converted my swamp into the water garden where I grow irises, waterlilies, papyrus, radigan, spikebush and swamp lily. I also grow citrus (lemon,key lime,grapefruit,tangerines,pineapple,and loquats). Me?...Often the prickly thorn produces tender roses. (Ovid)

Aug 7, 2012

my sunshine...le o'range

Mexican Sunflower!

"Tithonia"




Sunflowers today, Sunflowers Tomorrow


Sunflowers today!

Mammoth sunflowers, a field full-blown.
Such blossoms, such heights, no sunflower's known.
.And their radiant joy will not be outdone
When all facing east they welcome the Sun
And that striking family likeness in face! 
Soon they will fly to their mother's embrace.
Ah, mammoth sunflowers! The Ah says it all, 
From these late summer days to the first of the fall.
A nursery of suns in these golden hours.
A fairy-tale cosmos of sunflowers.

Sunflowers today.
Sunflowers tomorrow.
.The greater the joy on the way
The greater the sorrow.
Sunflowers tomorrow:
Inconsolable, grief-stricken mourners
Who've crowded the field from all corners, 
Their faces dark and heavy with grieving, 
They gaze at their roots, disbelieving.
But children of the Earth, every one, 
And never any nearer to her rays
Than where the lowly pond lily lays.
A desolate rustling is all that one hears.
Soon their seeds will be falling like tears.
Sunflowers today.
Sunflowers tomorrow.
The greater the joy on the way
 The greater the sorrow. 
Montbretia -Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora

Francis Stella

14 comments:

  1. Jennifer8/07/2012

    I have never been a fan of soft peach, but I love vivid orange. What a pretty flower! Your sunflower painting is just terrific too, Sharon!

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  2. FlowerLady Lorraine8/08/2012

    Is the orange flower a sunflower? I thought zinnia, but it must not be since your post is about sunflowers. What a wonderful, bright and happy color. Your painting has movement, I can almost see it moving to follow the sun.

    Interesting quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

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    1. sharon8/08/2012

      its a mexican sunflower...a gift....they are aparently prolific ...yes the quote....is true...thansks

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  3. Unknown8/08/2012

    Great late summer color in the gardens and the bees and butterflies love them!

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  4. Danielle8/08/2012

    Hi Sharon. I just saw your comment on my contact page. I live near Crystal River, Florida. Are you familiar with that area? On another note...I have been searching hi and low for a mexican sunflower plant!!! Where did you find yours?

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  5. Gone Tropical8/08/2012

    How beautiful! Aren't the simple, cheerful flowers just the best for this summer heat :-)

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  6. Landbohaven8/09/2012

    Jeg kom bare lige forbi.
    Gode billeder.
    Smukke blomster.
    Tak for kigget.
    Ha´ en dejlig dag.

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  7. Lucy Corrander Now in Halifax!8/09/2012

    Orange is almost always uplifting.

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  8. Danielle8/09/2012

    Sharon...hotmail deleted all my emails...and I know I was saving one from you...can you resend it? I think you mentioned that you want the book...dbeverlyhills@hotmail.com

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  9. Lavender and Vanilla Friends of the Gardens8/12/2012

    Sharon, the vivid orange of the Tithonia flower suits the mellow brick of the house; like made for each other. I always liked a few strong colours in my garden. I think nothing beats this orange! I enjoyed perusing your garden and posts, love the poetry.

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  10. sharon8/13/2012

    thank you all for the feedback....a gift that I can share with you....when I get excited....

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  11. Tammie Lee8/13/2012

    so lovely
    flowers
    photographs and painting!

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  12. Forest Dream Weaver8/15/2012

    Hello Sharon,this post is filled with colour and sunshine..........lovely!

    Ruby

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  13. Garden Tips8/18/2012

    Hey Sharon, I see you've been busy ;)

    So, did you paint that picture of the sunflower? Either way, it's very nice.

    Steve Miller

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