Wheee! My first sunflower of 2025!

@TheHorse (229198)

Walnut Creek, California

July 31, 2025 10:37am CST

I awoke this morning to find a sunflower in full bloom. Its taller but skinnier brother will bloom soon. Do you agree that it is a good thing to experience joy at the "little things"in life?

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@DaddyEvil (155554)

• United States

31 Jul

Very pretty, pony... Do you ever eat the sunflower seeds they produce?

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@DaddyEvil (155554)

• United States

31 Jul

@TheHorse Mom always soaked them overnight in salty water before putting them in the oven to bake the water back out of them. They were delicious! I hope you and the kids enjoyed them.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jul

When I worked at Project Pride in Oakland, the kids and I would harvest the seeds and cook them up.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Aug

@DaddyEvil Dang. I thought you were talking about your jeans.

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@BarBaraPrz (50124)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Jul

Yes, nice. I didn't plant any this year.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jul

I still need to plant some more corn. I am out of corn seeds. I have been lazy this Spring.

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@BarBaraPrz (50124)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

31 Jul

@TheHorse I have a couple tall cornstalks and one shorty. I planted more, but I think somebunny nibbled them.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jul

@BarBaraPrz Bunnies were my nemesis when I lived in Orinda. They were cute, but they ate everything I tried to grow.

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@celticeagle (177780)

• Boise, Idaho

31 Jul

Oh, yes indeed. Those small things mean so much.

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@celticeagle (177780)

• Boise, Idaho

31 Jul

@TheHorse .......it's so hot, things need watered more often.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

1 Aug

@celticeagle I think my plants will make it though tonight.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jul

Oh oh.Time to water.

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@allknowing (150812)

• India

21h

That is a beauty. I had some baby sunflowers a long time ago

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@allknowing (150812)

• India

9h

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

How big were they?

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

8h

@allknowing LOL! They're pretty!

@LadyDuck (480545)

• Italy

1 Aug

A cute sunflowers. The little things often bring a lot of joy in our life.

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@LadyDuck (480545)

• Italy

17h

@TheHorse I agree, too many do not find the time for that.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

We have to savor them.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

16h

@LadyDuck I am pretty good at that.

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@wolfgirl569 (120176)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Jul

Pretty. I didn't plant any this year

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@wolfgirl569 (120176)

• Marion, Ohio

10h

@TheHorse Usually I have a few.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

7h

@wolfgirl569 I got lazy about corn this year.

@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

Do you plant sunflowers some years?

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@AmbiePam (101008)

• United States

31 Jul

It’s absolutely beautiful.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

Thank you!

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@rebelann (114329)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jul

Yes, those little things like sunflowers blooming or any other plant blooming is always a little bit of magic

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jul

Iam peeking out my window now and enjoying its beauty.

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@rakski (145271)

• Philippines

1 Aug

so pretty!!!!

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

8h

I'll take a "full frontal" tomorrow.

@RasmaSandra (87546)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Jul

That is a lovely sunflower, The little things in life often make me smile, My first sunflower that popped up in Latvia was taller than me,

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

We had some tall ones in Oakland.

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@Marilynda1225 (85605)

• United States

31 Jul

What a happy little sunflower you have growing

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Jul

It makes me smile.

@Traceyjayne (3779)

• United Kingdom

31 Jul

The little things in life are usually the ones that make you happiest.

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

I agree. It's up to us to"set the table" and allow them to happen as often as possible.

@LindaOHio (196533)

• United States

31 Jul

How pretty. Yes, we should stop and smell the coffee or the roses. I remember standing in the driveway eating sunflower seeds when I was young. The sunflowers had dish sized "faces".

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@TheHorse (229198)

• Walnut Creek, California

18h

Dang! That's some big sunflowers!

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@LindaOHio (196533)

• United States

23m

@TheHorse They were as tall as I was or even taller.