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Friday, August 9, 2013

This is why it's called a SUNflower!

Beautiful, or what?  I can almost see solar flares.  Thank you, Vicki!

Taken at Green Meadows Preserve Sunflower Bed, Tuesday 8/6/13


Posted by Rita Buehner at 6:45 AM 1 comment:
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