First sunflower opens

This morning, the first blossom from my Russian mammoth sunflowers appeared. I'm not sure any others will get to that stage this year, so it was great to see the recent hot weather has expedited the late starters from this year.  This one was planted further from the house in a south facing direction and that has sped up its growth.  There is one more near the house that will probably blossom any day now.  I think I'll have two that will get to be mature enough so that I can harvest the seeds for next year's crop.

On August 25th, my son found the ring that was missing since Thanksgiving 2012.  He had actually found it earlier, but discarded it because it wasn't a part for his scooter!