{"id":5956,"date":"2010-09-19T15:50:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T21:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=5956"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:48:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:48:21","slug":"autumn-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2010\/09\/autumn-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Sep10\/AutumnBeautySunflower4013.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Sep10\/AutumnBeautySunflower4013W.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"450\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 450px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love sunflowers!  <\/p>\n<p>Karl and I rolled into Karl&#8217;s Auntie Kris and Uncle Hal&#8217;s place midday Saturday to walk and visit and for Karl to dispense doggie kisses all around and collect hugs and rubs in return :)!<\/p>\n<p>The driveway has a turning circle around a beauteous garden.  Hal likes to find unusual varieties to include.  Until yesterday, I had no idea there were color varieties of sunflowers&#8230;I know about the size varieties.  This beauty has all of the colors that say Autumn to me.  And even in the gray, overcast light, it glowed.  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"Large\" href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Sep10\/AutumnBeautySunflower4018.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Sep10\/AutumnBeautySunflower4018W.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"600\" style=\"width: 650px; height: 600px\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Karl, Kris and I headed out for a walk.  We met Hal as he returned from Saturday errands.  Karl played chase with Kris and Hal&#8230;play-bowed and did his &#8220;catch me if you can&#8221; run.  <\/p>\n<p>An idyllic time with good friends, my good dog and Autumn Beauty*.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/EndofPost64050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>**I <em>think<\/em> that this variety of Sunflower is called &#8220;Autumn Beauty&#8221;&#8230;I await verification\/correction :)!  (Gayle???)<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND!!!<\/strong> as I was getting this ready to post, the following came to me in an email from Kris:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Remember when you guys left here, all of a sudden Karl perked up and barked and carried on?  Later that day, a very large brown phase black bear walked up our driveway and then turned and went between Hal&#8217;s truck and the containers and disappeared into the woods.  He could have been hanging around and Karl caught a whiff.  Bear Dog at Work!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>YOWZA! Karl had a Bear Dog Day!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center-noborder\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Mar09\/EndofPost64050.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" alt=\"\" height=\"50\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 50px\" title=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love sunflowers! Karl and I rolled into Karl&#8217;s Auntie Kris and Uncle Hal&#8217;s place midday Saturday to walk and visit and for Karl to dispense doggie kisses all around and collect hugs and rubs in return :)! The driveway has a turning circle around a beauteous garden. 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