grief

It's been too long since I've posted - we've been to Chelsea, I've experimented with new seeds, and we've had 4 seasons in a week.
The reason for this post is sadness:
For the first time, I managed to grow a sunflower from seed in a pot to nearly 1 metre in the garden.
THEN.
Disaster struck. Fox jumped over sunflower, spearing it in half.
Evidence here:

Poor sad sunflower.

At least the poppies are doing well: