thoughts of absent friends

this flower is called the zinnia.
i found them in our sideyard.
of course i really didn't know what they're called at first.
i just asked my mom about them.
you can find a previous post for this flower here.
the zinnia belongs to the daisy family and has different varieties.
the ones above belong to the pinwheel series.
btw, the title of this post is what zinnia means (as i saw on the web).