Squatter Update

Remember the wild sunflower sprouting out of an apple tree in my parents' garden? Well, there's been impressive progress:
Despite the lice on its stalk, it will soon be in bloom:

Summer has arrived at last and nature is at the luscious phase before watering becomes a chore and the sun threatens to scorch every growing thing to within an inch of its life. Cue bonus picture of pretty wild flowers taken in the garden of my grandmother's new nursing home: