Under a thinning white sky, the thinning crown of a black cherry tree already less green than salmon. The sunflowers face every direction.
sunflower
Sun in the trees and a small spot of orange beside the porch: a Mexican sunflower blooming despite having twice been dinner for a groundhog.
Thanks to the drought, the bracken patch in my yard is browning from the outside in. A wild sunflower beside the path bows toward the east.