Home to Roost

I spotted this fabric group early last year and while it isn't my "style", the folksy look of the houses and chickens really spoke to me.  I took the time in September to gather up some fat quarters during the CT shop hop so that I could work on the pattern I purchased over this winter.  I stored it all away and promptly forgot about it.

I dug it out on Monday and got to work.  This is what I finished so far.  Not much but it's something.

Here's my dilemma with the pattern:

See that sunburst block there on the left?  I hate it.  I need a substitute.  I'm willing to use gold or a soft yellow for the block to represent the sun but I do not, I repeat, DO NOT want to deal with curved piecing.  I'm not good at it and I don't want to use this project to hone my curved piecing skills.  The quilt has small pinwheels so I was thinking a larger pinwheel but I'm not in love with that idea.

Do you have any block ideas to replace that sunburst one?

Enjoy your day!
Jen  :)