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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” I had to chuckle at this quote by Albert Einstein. With all the weird weather we've been having this summer, including 30+ degree changes in a day or two, record-setting heat, flooding, and more, my senior mom, my grandkids, and the sunflower house would beg to differ. At this moment in time, our boomer-senior gardening project has everything from this gorgeous sunflower…
to this "dead and ready for fall six weeks early" sunflower…
to this "I never made it – the bugs got me – aaaaahhhhh" sunflower…
(Here's one of the culprits!)
to this "delightfully uncurling" sunflower...
and this "almost there – I think I can, I think I can" sunflower…
Ahhhhh – here's a grandma and grandchild sunflower (ok – I know that's a mighty young grandma – but trust me, chasing after grandkids all day CAN keep you feeling much younger – some days 🙂 ). By the by, I love the easy to use tools at Picnik.com that allowed me to adjust the colors a bit and I love my equally easy to use digital camera that lets me get these fun shots. 🙂
See – a brand new baby sunflower – our Sunflower Houses garden really DOES have everything happening at once this year. 🙂
It's definitely not been as good a year for Sunflower Houses as last year's Sunflower house project. But there are plenty of sweet flowers to delight grandparents and grandchildren alike around here. And since my senior mom's hip arthritis has been acting up and we've had to cut back a bit on our boomer-senior gardening projects, that actually works out well for her. She's getting to enjoy flowers and not having to worry about doing much with them. More of our Sandwich Generation boomer-senior gardening updates coming up. 🙂
P.S. Did you want to try the Sunflower House project with your own grandkids? Check out Sunflower Houses by Sharon Lovejoy, not to mention her other great books for grandparents – Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars – Grandma's Bag of Tricks and Roots, Shoots, Buckets, and Boots – Gardening Together with Children (and grandchildren 🙂 ). They are a wonderful addition to any granny or pappy nanny library. 🙂
