Alabama Morning with Sunflowers

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I made this picture early this morning standing in the front yard. The sunflowers have survived forty days and forty nights without water ( except from the garden hose) and have rewarded me with a really nice show.

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The Alabama sky is a beautiful partly cloudy blue this morning so I am inspired to work around the house a bit. You can look closely and see the honey bee has been inspired to go to work also.

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My house stays shady most of the time. The large bush on the left is a fig tree and it's full of fruit

















Welcome to my front porch. I sit here often and think of all the things I should be doing but have learned to take a break and just relax for gosh sakes. 

I wish some of you were close enough to pay me a visit. It's lonely here sometimes. I'm a great front porch swing talker but I prefer to listen to you tell stories.

















I think there are at least four types of sunflowers growing. I like these because I get lots of blooms. The ones called King Kong give me only one big bloom and that's it, but it's a foot wide. They haven't bloomed yet.



















The dark-centered ones show such a contrast . I guess they photograph best and seem the most classical.

















Now, this is the family "bachelor bed" described in an earlier post. I have just planted gourds around it, so it should be covered with vines by September. 

Those white legs are five-feet pieces of pvc pipe giving it some height. I won't be tackly and joke about the "air matress."

















These are the pretty yellow blooms of the egg gourds that seem to like the heat. I have great expectations for them.