Black-Eyed Susans

 Yellow is the color that epitomizes this week, which has been searingly hot and sunny. More delicate flowers wilt and droop, but the sturdy black-eyed susans happily raise their faces to the sun. Their countenance mirrors the same bright shades of yellow that a child would choose to draw the sun. They are a good example of radial symmetry, although, if you look closely, not all of the blooms are perfectly symmetrical. I resisted the urge to pull out the tendril of bindweed that was curling up through the flowers. It’s such a graceful complement that it can remain for now.