Looking Back: Part 2
Sunflowers turn away
(With apologies for a rather startling use of the “n-word”)
Picture taken in Karnataka, South India
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Strange how shocking that word has become. It was jolly to hear the song again though.
The Sunflowers remind me of France.
February 23, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Yes, I was so taken aback that at first I wondered if I’d misheard – and am still unsure if I should have used the clip at all..
It was the novelty of seeing a field of sunflowers in southern India that made me take the picture – though as sunflower oil is increasingly used here as the low-cholesterol option, I guess there must be untold acres of them somewhere…
February 24, 2013 at 10:53 am
Yes, I was so taken aback that at first I wondered if I’d misheard – and am still unsure if I should have used the clip at all..
It was the novelty of seeing a field of sunflowers in southern India that made me take the picture – though as sunflower oil is increasingly used here as the low-cholesterol option, I guess there must be untold acres of them somewhere…
February 24, 2013 at 10:53 am
This looks like a scene from this neighborhood in late summer.
February 24, 2013 at 6:36 pm
Fields of sunflowers seem to be more ubiquitous than I had imagined!
February 24, 2013 at 8:59 pm