Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Sunflowers

Do you know that some flowers open when the sun rises and they close up when the sun sets? Yes, wild flowers like poppies, for example, are like that. I found this intriguing.
Last weekend when we drove by the flower farm, I was aimlessly looking at the few sunflowers growing in the field, and then I exclaimed:

"Hey, aren't all sunflowers suppose to be facing the sun? Why are they facing different directions then?"

Jack wasn't sure either and thought it was interesting.

The next few days when I drove by the farm again, I paid particular attention to the direction where the sunflowers were facing. Last time I checked on them, most of them were facing one direction, but a few odd ones were facing the opposite direction.

There maybe a scientific or botanical explanation to this, but I just think it is very cute.

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