Wednesday 29 June 2011

Sunflowers as far as the eye can see!

Our journey up to Chinon today was a picture awash with sunflowers as far as the eye could see..
 
The heat of the past few days has certainly not dimmed the vibrant colour of these flowers, so synonymous with the French countryside.


There were sunflowers in all stages of growth from the ones just coming into flower...


to the wide open faces of these gaudy beauties......


If ever you need a sight to lift the spirits, it's got to be a field full of sunflowers in glorious techni-colour!

5 comments:

Craig said...

Couldn't agree more. Sunflowers = France at it's summertime peak. Lovely photos.

Jean said...

How lovely. It will be interesting to see if there are any sunflowers in the fields behind our château - most of them didn't appear to have germinated - a very sad sight.

Colin and Elizabeth said...

Oh Jean! What a pity! I do hope they have turned out better than expected and you have a pleasant surprise waiting for you when you come over.

Anonymous said...

Colin and Elizabeth, your probably wondering why so many hits from the Isle of man.we have a friend who owns a flat in Richelieu and we love to go there as often as possible but alas not the last 18 months , so the only way we can see whats going on in our favourite town is to visit your blog. please keep it going as we really enjoy it. many thanks David and Liz, Kirk Michael. Isle of man.

Colin and Elizabeth said...

We're so glad you've made yourselves known! We've been very puzzled by the regular interest we've received from the Isle of Man and now you've put us out of our misery!

It's a small world really - when you next come over you must look us up! Thanks again for your comments!