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Looking To The Heavens

Sunflowers are native to North America, dating back as far as 3,000 BC. The rest of the world didn’t get to experience their beauty until Spanish conquistador...
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Sunflowers are native to North America, dating back as far as 3,000 BC. The rest of the world didn’t get to experience their beauty until Spanish conquistadors began exporting them almost 5,000 years later. The Greeks believed there once lived a water nymph named Clytie who fell in love with the sun god, Apollo, and gazed at his chariot as it passed overhead each day. He was unaccustomed to being looked at because he glowed too brightly for most people’s eyes, and the attention made him uncomfortable. So, he turned Clytie into a golden flower to avoid her eyes. But even in her new form she followed his path across the sky every morning and every night.
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