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| Black sunflowers in winter. |
Sunflowers that have lost their bloom have a beauty of their own, set against a bright and chilly crisp winter sky. We often hear how depressing and "dead" our climate seems to outsiders, but it is a full-on sensory experience: there's birds chirping loudly and calling out, chasing away crows, flying overhead from tree to tree, and squirrels that play, and rabbits that hop about, collecting acorns fallen to the ground and bright red berries that remain on the vine. Pines give off their strong scent on cold days that smell like "snow" and woodsmoke from fireplaces, something I can't explain to you if you've never experienced it fully. There's plenty to see, if you open your mind.
