Sunflower power updated Fri Aug 24 2007 7:12 pm CDT

Bright and cheerful, the sunflower is a happy flower. Named Sonnenblume in Germany, Girasol in Spain, or Tournesol in France, the birds don't care, they love the seeds anywhere.  Twenty years ago, Van Gogh's sunflower art painting (Vase of 15 Sunflowers) sold for a cool 39 million at Christie's auction in London!  That was in 1987, and with new estimates for inflation, those sunflowers are now worth 71 million. Did you know sunflowers come in red?  And also  two-toned shades! Did you know their are rainbow colored chocolate coated sunflower seeds? And that there are special sunflower seeds you can sprout at home? Sunflowers get me feeling pizazzed and zesty.  To me they are a symbol of powerful optimism and cheerful expectancy.  "Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.  It's what sunflowers do."... Helen Keller.  Surfers and sunflowers, they both follow the sun...Lilly This lens is my personal fun dedication to the sunflower. Here you'll find all things sunflower.  Sunflower videos (artists painting, seeds growing, slide shows to music, farmer in sunflower field), sunflower cards, calendars, books, paintings, and sunflower food products, sunflower seeds for humans to eat or to sprout, for birds, or for growing in your garden.  Sunflower mugs, sunflower paintings and illustrations... posters, t-shirts, and sunflower postage stamps. There's also sunflower clipart and cartoons.  Hey, these flowers get around. The birds and the bees love them. So do chipmunks and squirrels. And rabbits and mice and hamsters.  If you have lots of sunflower seeds, you can become extremely popular with rodents!