{"id":93479,"date":"2012-07-25T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/93479\/sunflower-summertime-golden-golden-photos-collab\/"},"modified":"2012-07-25T12:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:12:27","slug":"sunflower-summertime-golden-golden-photos-collab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/93479\/sunflower-summertime-golden-golden-photos-collab\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNFLOWER SUMMERTIME GOLDEN (Golden Photos and Collab)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font size=\"5\"><strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Sunflower6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/font><font size=\"5\"><strong> <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font size=\"5\"><strong><font face=\"times new roman,times\">SUNFLOWER SUMMERTIME GOLDEN<\/font><\/strong><font face=\"times new roman,times\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/font><font size=\"5\"><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Sunflowers golden,<br \/>\nsway and dance<br \/>\nin the breeze,<br \/>\nreaching to the sky,<br \/>\ninviting the honeybees,<br \/>\nand me,<br \/>\nto their afternoon<br \/>\nsunshine dance,<br \/>\nmaking these warm<br \/>\nsummer afternoons<br \/>\noh, so very sweet.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Sunflower4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">And as they stand<br \/>\nstraight and tall,<br \/>\nin a pretty row all,<br \/>\nbutterflies stop by<br \/>\nand sneak a peek<br \/>\nand join with us<br \/>\nas we frolic in the sun.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Sunflower2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">I love to watch them<br \/>\ngracefully dancing<br \/>\nin the sun,<br \/>\nsunflowers infusing<br \/>\nmy day with happiness<br \/>\nalmost before<br \/>\nit has begun<br \/>\nand brightening<br \/>\neven the gloomiest<br \/>\nof days with beauty<br \/>\nwill never fade away.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Sunflower1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Sunflowers are such<br \/>\na beautiful sight to see,<br \/>\nenough to chase<br \/>\nanyone&#8217;s blues away.<br \/>\nAnd it simply wouldn&#8217;t be summer<br \/>\nwithout their sunshine glow,<br \/>\ndancing upon the breezes<br \/>\nof a golden afternoon<br \/>\nas Mother Nature beams<br \/>\nwith summertime pride.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Sunflower3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">(c) barbara kausteklis 7-22-12<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">A Collab written for the CPC &#8220;Saturday Share.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZyaWVuZGJ1cnN0LmNvbS9ibG9nLzkzMTUyL3NhdHVyZGF5LXNoYXJlLTM3Lw==\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/93152\/saturday-share-37\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Thanks so much to the following Pals<br \/>\nfor sharing their lines with me:<br \/>\nAngel Love, Bettie, Raiden, Scotorum,<br \/>\nMarcia, Flossie, Diane and Silver Lining.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Lines selected and woven in with my own:<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">SUNFLOWERS ARE A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE (Angel Love\/Required)<\/p>\n<p>Sunflowers standing tall all in a row (Bettie)<br \/>\nButterflies do sometimes sneak in to take a peek (Bettie)<br \/>\nThey make the summer oh so sweet (Raiden)<br \/>\nAs the warmth of the sun makes them glow (Raiden)<br \/>\nEnough to chase anyone&#8217;s blues away (Scotorum)<br \/>\nThey look so pretty around that old oak tree (Raiden)<br \/>\nThe beauty of them and my day has begun(Marcia)<br \/>\nI love to watch them dance in the sun (Raiden)<br \/>\nThey brighten up the gloomy days (Raiden)<br \/>\nNot a day goes by the beauty does not fade away (Flossie)<br \/>\nMother Nature shows her pride (Diane)<br \/>\nDancing upon the breeze (Silver Lining\/Cherie)<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">***************<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Thanks always for your visits and precious comments<br \/>\nand for sharing another fun Collab experience with me.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Big Hugs.<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">~barb~<\/font><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Times;font-style: italic;text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Link to previous piece posted here on Friendburst<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">WITHIN THE MOMENT<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/93474\/moment-with-photos-cpc-pick-apart-piece\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SUNFLOWER SUMMERTIME GOLDEN Sunflowers golden, sway and dance in the breeze, reaching to the sky, inviting the honeybees, and me, to their afternoon sunshine dance, making these warm summer afternoons oh, so very sweet. And as they stand straight and tall, in a pretty row all, butterflies stop by and sneak a peek and join [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,837,42,29],"tags":[63,2316,159,2320,41,4,3905,1080,5591],"class_list":["post-93479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literature","category-nature-2","category-photography","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-collab","tag-cpc","tag-flowers","tag-photography","tag-poetry","tag-saturday-share","tag-summer","tag-sunflowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}