Late Summer in Spring Green

Taliesen Estate, Spring Green, Wisconsin, September 2, 2014. It's the nicest time of year to do the tour.

Look-Up Reunion

Pope Farm Conservancy, Verona, Wisconsin, August 2013. It's really not overcast.

They peak this week.

Pope Farm Conservancy, Verona, Wisconsin, August 2013. Most of the blooms have opened.

Stand-Out Reunion

Pope Farm Conservancy, Verona, Wisconsin, August 2013. There's one in every crowd.

Flower Field, in Three Takes

 

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Pope Farm Conservancy, Verona, Wisconsin, August 2013. The blooms peak this week; after that, the birds will enjoy the bounty.

Attention Magnet

Suburban Chicago, August, 1962. Children are more interested in the dog than in the sunflowers.

It's August, and it's sunflower season.

Suburban Chicago, August 1962. My Mom and a friend measure the growth.

Summer Field Work

Near Kaunas, Lithuania, about 1934. Suzanne—the wife of my Dad's older cousin, Henry—collects sunflower seeds with members of her family.

Thanks to Suzanne's Granddaughter—my Kaunas Cousin—for making this photo available to us.

Summer Field

Near Vilnius, Lithuania, late 1920s. Suzanne—the wife of my Dad's older cousin, Henry—joins her sister Valerie and other family members in a sunflower field. Suzanne sits second from the left.

Thanks to Suzanne's Granddaughter—my Kaunas Cousin—for making this photo available to us.