Mom would have been 82 today, were she still alive...

Mom would have been 82 today, were she still alive...  I stopped outside my barn for a bit this morning, looking up at the U.S. flag she made from some old picket fencing – and at the sunflowers growing around my barn (at right), which she would have loved.  She would also have loved the goldfinches (both Lesser's and American) that swarm all over these as soon as I'm more than 10 feet away.

I miss you, mom...