Since the first post on the sunflower last week, the big guy grew another foot to foot and a half and bloomed. It is now standing above my roof line by a foot or so, and the only way I could get a decent picture was to get up on my roof.
Monthly Archive for August, 2009
It’s been a tough few weeks for Dallas music venues! I had really high hopes for “The Listening Room” at Club Dada, and really enjoyed Club Dada itself, and I was sorry to hear that they closed their doors. I was also sorry to hear that Opening Bell (Mosaic) is no longer associated with Pascale Hall, the creator/owner of the original Opening Bell (South Side on Lamar). The Mosaic location is still open, but from looking at their posted calendar online, and talking to some insiders, it looks like the singer songwriters and other bands you are used to seeing at OBC will be all but gone, and spoken word and DJ’s may fill that space. The good news is that Pascale and OBC at Southside are still there and doing what they have always done for the local music scene.
On a related note, I did hear that Trees is going to open back up. That brings back many memories from high school! Back in the day, that was the only place you could get in to see music in Deep Ellum at 17 years old. We couldn’t get in anywhere else, but we spent a good amount of time at Trees. They open back up Aug 14th, and I wish them the best!
Of course, it only seemed fitting that my weekend travels took me down to OBC Southside. I was talked into having a root beer float, with a shot of Irish Cream on top, and must recommend it to anyone who is reading this. So good! There was supposed to be a double or triple bill of music, but the visiting act from Nashville didn’t ever show up. That left just Summe Ames to play along with her husband for the evenings entertainment. Summer had a really well developed, and very strong voice as she sang her tunes. Her husband backed her up on a single drum, and she played the guitar and keyboard on different songs. The audience responded very well to her, and I enjoyed what I heard. As is the case many times, her style reminds me of someone, but I can’t place it. Make sure to check her out if you get the chance.
I’m sure most people assume that they are called sunflowers because the blooms look very much like a big yellow sun. It is my intention to demonstrate in this post, that they are called sunflowers for a very different reason. I’m going to show you guys some photos of sunflowers I planted this year. They all came from the same pack of seeds and were planted at the same time.
Exibit A:
This guy was planted under my big tree in the front yard, and gets much more shade than sun.
Exibit B:
This guy was planted on the side of my house, and this time of year gets full sun from about 9 until about 3-4. For the rest of the day it gets diffused light through the crepe myrtle. It made it up to around 7-8 feet before it stopped growing!
Exibt C- This one has gone crazy. This plant gets full sun from about noon until sunset. It is currently above my roof line, and the flower head has not even appeared yet. It may have several more feet to go before it blooms.
If you want to see how aggressively it is growing, here is a pic of it just 2 weeks ago clicky
So, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I hope that I have made my case a convincnig one, and demonstrated that a sunflower gets it’s name because of how they react to the sun!
Everyday I have come home for the last month, I have seen this same bug sitting on this leaf looking at me. Kinda strange… kinda cool
