Ah Sunflower! 2023

A sunflower from 2023 reaching toward the sky

Sunflower by Christopher Ries, a permanent installation at the Columbus Museum of Art

A crock, bequeathed to me by Lucinda "Nanny" Justice, on which I painted sunflowers, holding sunflowers from 2023

Sunflowers at sunset

Ah Sunflower! unaware of time,

Who reaches toward the Sun.

Achieving the sweet golden climb,

She sluggishly sways in the breeze undone.

Sought by artists and poets alike,

Seeking to capture your Beauty,

Stand with pride and joyful delight,

It is your Sunflower duty.

-CPW

from the NYT , 8/22/23 “Reminder to all we are a family area and please keep your clothes on in the sunflowers!,” the farm, located near Portsmouth on England’s southern coast, said on its Facebook page earlier this month. “We are having an increase of reports of naked photography taking place and this must not happen during our public sessions please!”

At Merry Mount, although we are a family area, anyone with a "perfect body" is free to photograph himself or herself au naturel.

CPW