Sunshine On A Stem

This is a re post from last summer with a few edits & additions . . .

Sunshine on a stem . . . 

The sunflower is one of my most favorite flowers.

Maybe it's because they represent the summer season.

Several years ago while on vacation we found a

bookstore going out of business.

This is one of books I bought.

Sunflowers

Growing, Cooking, and Crafting

with the

 Sunniest of Plants

Written by

Diane Morey Sitton

Throughout the book it lists fun facts about sunflowers

called

 "Seed  for Thought."

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Sunflowers are the national

flower of Russia.

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The French word for sunflower

is tournesol, or literally

"turn with the sun."

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In early Native American culture, the

sunflower was a religious symbol, merging

with the sun in sacred and

decorative motifs.

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In 1987, Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers

painting sold at auction for a record

$39.9 million.

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The sunflower was officially named the 

state flower of Kansas in 1903.

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Bees make a delicious amber honey

from sunflowers.

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In the language of flowers, the sunflower

is the birthday flower for June 30.  It symbolizes

adoration, affection, constancy, glory,

gratitude, and infatuation.

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Faux sunflowers on my kitchen table.

Note to self. . .

buy a bunch of freshly cut sunflowers.