Did you know Sunflowers display a behavior called “heliotropism”. The young flowers face east in the morning and follow the sun as it moves to the west. The flower will generally remain facing east as the flower gets heavy with seeds and the stem stiffen: “Ah, Sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun; Seeking after that sweet golden clime, Where the traveller's journal done; Where the youth pined away with desire, And the pale virgin shrouded in snow, Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my Sunflower wishes to go!” ~William Blake #sunflower #heliotropism #summertime #pnw #ingrandpasmemory #williamblake #gardenpoetry https://www.instagram.com/p/CDu6qsHAnbG/?igshid=1y1lce1z0tc4u