The sun smiled on me this morning.
It's certainly sensory. And it's figurative too. I think I'd pick figurative because the central piece of language is a simile. That's pretty good use of language when you compare the bobbing heads of flowers to helmeted soldiers.
They ate beans in the brush and Lennie wanted Ketchup on them. This causes George's outburst because Lennie is difficult for him to take care of.