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Cathy Coley

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a morning glory vine wrapped around a sunflower stem, with one pink bloom

Untangle

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Untangle Andrew built a wooden frame for privacy. I planted morning glory seeds and sunflower seeds to fill the space between us and neighbors. It’s past Midsomer. The sunflowers stand happy sentinels, as delicate vines begin to wind and climb to strangle them, unaware. I spent a good part of the morning unwinding the precious threads from the sunflower stalks they chose to entangle around instead of the posts of the frame. I wound the long vines around the wood frame. The morning glories are [...] more