{"id":1433,"date":"2020-08-26T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T12:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2020-08-27T12:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T16:19:34","slug":"my-sunflowers-finally-bloomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/26\/my-sunflowers-finally-bloomed\/","title":{"rendered":"My Sunflowers Finally Bloomed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1433\" class=\"elementor elementor-1433\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a1f35f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a1f35f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0752f1e\" data-id=\"0752f1e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb67f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb67f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sunflowers are beautiful flowers known for their ability to grow facing towards the sun, and like most people, I like them. My family and I don\u2019t have green thumbs by any means, but a friend of ours gave us three starter plants. The one we thought was the healthiest died early &#8211; my hunch is by a crafty chipmunk stealing the defenseless flower\u2019s petals. The other two are now starting to bloom, attracting the local community of insects. Here are a few images depicting a typical day in the life of a sunflower that I took today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dac2f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dac2f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e08f4a5\" data-id=\"e08f4a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a82e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a82e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Flowers\/The-Sunflower\/i-k8ZSnQt\/A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1435\" alt=\"sunflowers5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3544-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A Yellow Jacket and a Ready to Bloom Sun Flower<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00bfc91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00bfc91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Flowers\/The-Sunflower\/i-KdgZcx2\/A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1436 lazyload\" alt=\"sunflowers4\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1436\" alt=\"sunflowers4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3563-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A Bumble Bee and Ant Getting Into the Pollination Scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc533ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc533ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Flowers\/The-Sunflower\/i-K32J9Kg\/A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1437 lazyload\" alt=\"sunflowers3\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1437\" alt=\"sunflowers3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3612-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0b17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0b17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cSunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there.\u201d \u2015\u00a0<strong>J.R. Rim<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5869cff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5869cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Flowers\/The-Sunflower\/i-FWrvs5v\/A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1438 lazyload\" alt=\"sunflowers2\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1438\" alt=\"sunflowers2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3467-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8371ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8371ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travispaigephotography.com\/Flowers\/The-Sunflower\/i-bsVtgL6\/A\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1439 lazyload\" alt=\"sunflowers 1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1439\" alt=\"sunflowers 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/blog.travispaigephotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/NIK3495-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunflowers are beautiful flowers known for their ability to grow facing towards the sun, and like most people, I like them. My family and I don\u2019t have green thumbs by any means, but a friend of ours gave us three starter plants. The one we thought was the healthiest died early &#8211; my hunch is by a crafty chipmunk stealing the defenseless flower\u2019s petals. The other two are now starting to bloom, attracting the local community of insects. Here are a few images depicting a typical day in the life of a sunflower that I took today. A Yellow Jacket and a Ready to Bloom Sun Flower A Bumble Bee and Ant Getting Into the Pollination Scene \u201cSunflowers end up facing the sun, but they go through a lot of dirt to find their way there.\u201d \u2015&nbsp;J.R. 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