Just as sure as the sun rises and sets, August ushers in the season of sunflowers.  They line the roadways with New Mexico state flag gold. But just as certain is the fact that when the sunflowers grow to a specific height, Highway Department staff do their due diligence and mow the sides of the roads.  So I knew that if I did not get out and photograph them now, they would soon be gone.  The sometimes gangly growth habit always makes them interesting photographic subjects.  It is no wonder that van Gogh frequently used them for his studies and paintings.

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Back light, courtesy of the sun, reveals the lines and folds that each flower carries.

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This lone sunflower seems to be serving as a highway flagman.  "Drive this way, slowly, and look at me."

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Many of you will be on the road or in the air this week.  Keep safe and enjoy the ride.

until next Monday,

DB

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