Walking along Jefferson, I noticed a yard loaded with dried sunflowers. Most had wilted and dried in the winter air. A select few retained a splash of color amidst the muted tones. My postcard for 02/28/23 is a sunflower still sporting some of its petals on the last day of February.

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