Kip’s Comments - August 28, 2025

Mostly Yellow and Some at Twelve Feet

Many of today’s images feature domestic plants - giant sunflowers. Cultivated or not, there is something pretty about bright yellow flowers high in the sky.

Sunflowers - Image 1019674

I did measure my tallest sunflower and it is bumping 12-feet in the air. Some toppled in the wind a few weeks ago, but I still have many blossoms in the nosebleed section.

Sunflower - Image 1019633

Today the sunflower heads were attracting all kinds of pollinators.

Bumble Bee on Sunflower - Image 1019375

Bumble Bee on Sunflower - Image 1019450

Other flowers caught my attention too.

Cutleaf Coneflower - Image 1019510

Field Thistle and Tall Goldenrod - Image 1019540

Monarch Butterfly on Field Thistle - Image 1019563

Prairie Ironweed - Image 1019571

Sawtooth Sunflower - Image 1019605

Stiff Goldenrod - Image 1019344