the success of Project Sunflower

When these sunflowers were but yellow and gold and rust-colored gleams in my imagination, they looked just like this - a thick, tall patch of green leaves and brilliant color.  When I contemplated the poor soil in which I planted the seeds, and waited a couple of weeks for any sign of growth at all, I assumed my optimism had probably got the better of me again.  But it's been a wet summer, and they've been assiduously tended - look what I've returned to, in both the front and back of the house!