It was extremely windy here recently and my pot of orange sunflowers, which, are just coming into bloom, was knocked over and rocked around unmercifully. The sunflowers are a good seven foot tall and are staked heavily.
I know now I should have gone for planting them in the ground in a super-sheltered spot but we live and learn (some less than others, though, as my Latin teacher wrote on my school report when I was eleven!)
The big news this calm morning is that they are standing proud again and looking sunward right outside our living room window.
What a joy to behold when I opened the curtains to greet the day!
SOCIAL BRIDGE ~ Jean Tubridy connecting with you from Ireland 
Nice recovery! We all need a bright spot in our day.
I hope you have a shining bright spot in yours today.
Thanks! I am sure I will. 3 more days and then it is 5 days of leaf-peeping in Massachusetts!
Sounds lovely.
It kind of gives one a life lesson…Though things may get rough and knocked around …Have the ability to get back on your feet again and go on with life..Just as your beautiful Sunflower has..These are so uplifting literally and beautiful and then they give even more in the form of nourishment from their seeds…
Life lesson, indeed, Joni.
Sunflowers give so much!
They are so evocative, I always think. Pure joy!
I opted for potted flowers this year instead of planted (not sunflowers, however). Sure enough, with the first windstorm, those pots were on their sides. But the flowers weren’t hurt are are still blooming even though our weather has turned quite a bit cooler. I’m glad your sunflowers also withstood the trauma.
How interesting that yours recovered too. I’m delighted to hear it.
Sunflowers are survivors, there is always one that refuses to die.
I must look out for that lone ranger.