Inspiration Avenue Challenge: Harvest

It's Friday and my day to feature my take on the weekly Inspiration Avenue challenge. This week's challenge is harvest, as provided by Judy Goddard. It's been a very bad year in my garden. Last year at this time I was still collecting a record crop of tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. This year, my garden was dead in August, due to record heat and lack of moisture. Even my flower garden suffered, as I only got one rose this entire year, and I normally get at least two bloomings and dozens of blooms from my Queen Elizabeth bush.

So I had to hunt far and wide, and finally found these.

I am not sure if they are sunflowers, because I didn't plant them, but they are growing in my back yard, the only color in a dead and dying landscape.

A bit of color correction in Photoshop and they take on a much richer color. With the enhanced color, I believe they might be Helianthus angustifolia or Narrow Leaved Sunflowers as shown by Dianne at Pieces of D on Tuesday of this week. Dianne's photo shows them growing wild and obviously, mine are too. If anyone knows for sure what these are, they are more than welcome to let me know. They are the only harvest I could find and am so happy to have them! Thank you Judy for forcing me to play hunter/gatherer/harvester this week.

Because Judy picked the challenge theme this week, I am featuring her blog JudyAGoddard, Artisan as my blog pick of the day. Judy is fearless in what she makes and tackles. Whether it's working at the potter's wheel, spinning wool (or dog hair), or painting, Judy puts her heart and soul into her art. Thanks for the challenge, Judy, and thanks for sharing your lovely blog with us.