August 20, 2008. It was a beautiful sunny day as Stephanie Abrams of South Portland, right, purchas

GORDON CHIBROSKI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. August 20, 2008. It was a beautiful sunny day as Stephanie Abrams of South Portland, right, purchases a copule of bunches of sunflowers from Elizabeth Taillon of Portland at the Merrifield Farm Stand at the Farmers Market in Monument Square in Portland. She also bought Gladiolas from the Snell Farm. (Photo by Gordon Chibroski/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)