In case you think I can only grow tiny little sunflowers, here is one that’s almost as tall as me. This one grows next to the front porch.
And here are the ones that grow in the backyard:
This is a little patch of Ukrainian identity in Metro St Louis.
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Since I forgot to ask the other day, what are some nation building myths of Ukraine? Especially who is ‘founder’ of Ukraine according to nation state myth building?
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Ukraine’s founder is the constitutive assembly which was the first fully democratic long-term legislative body of modern Europe. Ukrainians are proud of being ruled in a democratic process since back in the 15th century. The Maidan of 2013-14 mimicked that democratic assembly of the Ukrainian Middle Ages.
You can read about it here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhian_Sich
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Love your sunflowers, very Van Goghian. How tall are they?
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Five feet for sure. Eventually they may even get as tall as me (5’6).
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