SUNFLOWERS... .................TOURNESOLS .......... which follow the sun!!!

What a great fall sunny day!

The perfect time to talk about 

SUNFLOWERS.

Thinking of the last summer flowers

my thoughts go to 

this amazing  flower head.

Click on the title 

and you can read some facts

about this amazing plant

of American origin.

When I see a sunflower my imagination automatically shifts to VINCENT VAN GOGH who painted a series of these flower heads, one in Paris but the most popular  while he was in the Provence region of southern France, in Arles.

I like to think that they are associated with fall. They seem to pop up everywhere, these days in all shapes and sizes. You see them in fields, in home gardens, in country and city markets. I personally thionk that they represent the more feminine side of the autumn harvest. If you consider all the root vegetables and the great pumpkin!! 

This fall while I was still at the summer cottage in September, I decided to pay hommage to this great flower and to Van Gogh. I created a flower arrangement which I named "The Last Bouquet".  I also took some photographs. 

                           These are what I wanted to share with you today!!

I cheated ... with the colors!!

I hope you enjoyed reading about the SUNFLOWER!

This winter when you are feeling the cold and the winter 'blues'

you can always nibble on some sunflower seeds!!!

Suzanne