Update? How’s those flowers looking?Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 5:29 amMammoth Sunflowers are now around 10 feet no heads forming yet .
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They just started to develop heads . I am going to measure height today and report in . Peppers are looking good too ! I should have spaced them more . Dan
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I went out and measured Sunflowers which are close to same height. With tape measure they are at 12 foot , hope the heads will be big so far it too early to make a good guess .Dan
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MNOSD 0002 / Do more than is required of you . Patton
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I noticed the same with mine. Those look good.Manixguy@1994 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 3:50 pmI’m sort of disappointed taller than two years ago but heads appear to be much smaller . Dan
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There is no image except my mental one.
About this time of year in 2003
I turned west in South Dakota,
into the setting sun.
A hillside of blindingly beautiful sunflowers
filled the rearview mirrors of my Yamaha V-Max.
I had ridden more than 600 miles
the day before departing Houston
and another 500 miles this day.
The desire to stop and take a photograph
was only exceeded by my desire
to reach Kadoka,
get off that motorcycle
and have a cold beer.
This picture is a close second
and will have to be a stand-in.

About this time of year in 2003
I turned west in South Dakota,
into the setting sun.
A hillside of blindingly beautiful sunflowers
filled the rearview mirrors of my Yamaha V-Max.
I had ridden more than 600 miles
the day before departing Houston
and another 500 miles this day.
The desire to stop and take a photograph
was only exceeded by my desire
to reach Kadoka,
get off that motorcycle
and have a cold beer.
This picture is a close second
and will have to be a stand-in.

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Amazing Mac . All I see around here is Corn , Soybean , and Pumpkin fields . DanMad Mac wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 6:35 pmThere is no image except my mental one.
About this time of year in 2003
I turned west in South Dakota,
into the setting sun.
A hillside of blindingly beautiful sunflowers
filled the rearview mirrors of my Yamaha V-Max.
I had ridden more than 600 miles
the day before departing Houston
and another 500 miles this day.
The desire to stop and take a photograph
was only exceeded by my desire
to reach Kadoka,
get off that motorcycle
and have a cold beer.
This picture is a close second
and will have to be a stand-in.
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MNOSD 0002 / Do more than is required of you . Patton
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
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That’s beautiful. There’s a sunflower farm near me. It’s awesome until they all lay over.Mad Mac wrote: ↑Wed Aug 20, 2025 6:35 pmThere is no image except my mental one.
About this time of year in 2003
I turned west in South Dakota,
into the setting sun.
A hillside of blindingly beautiful sunflowers
filled the rearview mirrors of my Yamaha V-Max.
I had ridden more than 600 miles
the day before departing Houston
and another 500 miles this day.
The desire to stop and take a photograph
was only exceeded by my desire
to reach Kadoka,
get off that motorcycle
and have a cold beer.
This picture is a close second
and will have to be a stand-in.
![]()
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@Mad Mac That is a really cool photo!
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A Hibiscus flower I saw in someone's yard on Marthas Vineyard this past weekend.

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A Hibiscus flower I saw in someone's yard on Marthas Vineyard this past weekend.

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We have nine Hibiscus , beautiful plant unfortunately the bloom does not last long . Guess who gets to prune the old ones off daily .

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Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing makes earth so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
Henry David Thoreau