Sunny Sunday…

The weather the past couple of days in the Heidelberg area has been virtually perfect: sunny and in the low 70s. On Sunday I decided it was time to drag my frame, bloated from a month of wining, dining and beering in Brazil, out in the woods of Walldorf for a jog. On the way back, I spied a field of sunflowers and was inspired to take pictures of the kids (which I’ll post on the other blog soon).As soon as I got back, I packed all three of them into the Family Truckster and headed to a self-serve flower field. These are numerous in this area, relying on the honor system for payment. Each has posted prices and simple cutting knives atop a strong box into which one casts his Euros (or at least should cast his Euros) according to his (or her) consumption. The sunflowers were numerous and in many cases certifiably enormous. The bees were out in force, but docile and distracted.This one (the sunflower, not the bee) was roughly the size of a hubcap (Cadillac, not Smartcar). The field of assorted flowers was less impressive, but that’s where the kids did most of their cutting. A few flowers of the wild variety have taken hold. I guess they’re free. On the way back from lunch (details forthcoming in another post), I snapped this delicate loner in an empty lot near our house.