The Sunflower

There we stood craning our necks

   to see the top of a splendid sunflower,

   stretching some 16 feet in the air.

On it were 50 blooms and 40 buds,

   give or take a few. 

It was the tallest sunflower

   either one of us had ever seen.

I took a picture, which may appear in

   the local paper with Bob Thompson

   standing next to this marvelous plant

   for perspective.

The sunflower came up on its own

   at the place where Bob and Edna

   had always had their productive gardens

   through the years.

It is a sight to see.

Bobbye Gaunce harvested several blooms 

   for a church arrangement on Sunday.

I hope I never cease to be amazed at God's

   glory bursting forth from the good earth and

   shooting toward the sun.

Moving to the deeper places,

Jeff