August 13, 2011

a field of love...


there's a field by us. a sunflower field. close enough that we can walk to it.
it's the only place i've actually seen bees bathe in pollen. 
they don't mind if you watch.


the baby sunflowers are my favorite. they seem so brave.


i wish you could walk there with me. 
i know you'd love it. my parents did when i took them last week.
hundreds and hundreds of sunflowers. all of them watching us while we watched them.
a mutual love affair.
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48 comments:

  1. beautiful ~ i would love to walk with you ♥

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  2. Gotta show my wife, THE BOSS, this post. If she had her way our entire yard would be nothing but sunflowers.

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  3. that is gorgeous! i can only imagine!

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  4. Wow, these are amazing shots. I love the contrast of the yellow and the blue on the first one.

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  5. I LOVE sunflowers! What an awesome shot of the bumbler fulla pollen.

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  6. They're pure sunshine, aren't they?1

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  7. Wow. These are all awesome, but that first shot is beyond. I'm in awe. Keep going back to see it again.

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  8. oh I would love to walk there with you...and I'm loving what your macro lens can see!

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  10. one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!! love your sunflower garden and love the images.

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  11. oh thank you....I haven't found
    "my" sunflower field this year.
    Have grown some in my garden but not the same as a whole sea of those sunny faces smiling and nodding...like a choir of sunshine!
    I so needed this today;
    thanks:)
    -Jennifer

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  12. next time, take me with you please

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  13. Your photos are absolutely beautiful!! I've been on vacation for a week and I just caught up with your posts. They always leave me smiling!! :)

    ~ Wendy
    http://Crickleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

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  14. love the bee caked with pollen
    and how special to walk
    among such beauty!

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  15. I have never seen so many sunflowers in one place. It's gorgeous and I would love to walk in that field.

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  16. oow! i'll come walk with you!! :oD

    i don't know if i've ever seen such a blue bee! these are all just so beautiful, beth!

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  17. AWESOME!!! Everyone needs a backyard like that! It just makes a person's spirit soar.

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  18. OMG, I'll be there tomorrow! FABULOUS!!!

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  19. you are too cute! thanks for sharing!

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  20. YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT FIRST SHOT IN A TOP NOTCH PHOTO CONTEST BETH!!!!!

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  21. Stunning photos and I would love come too. ;-)

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  22. That is a sight I would love to see. Great, great pictures, especially the one of the bee.

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  23. Brilliantly beautiful...and the bee is equally so!

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  24. Gorgeous! My sunflowers are so tall I can't reach the flowers with my camera. Will neen a ladder when they bloom in September. Thanks, Beth!

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  25. What a wonderful field, sunflowers galore. You did a beautiful job with the photos. Soft and serene.

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  26. So fabulous and the photos are amazing!! Thanks so much
    Your photos seems to glow...love that
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  27. Oh, that first image... wow.

    and my dear... you MUST get someone to take your picture smack in the middle of that yellow field of sun, in your red tutu.

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  28. Wow, that bee really is bathed in pollen. I love sunflowers, they have that wonderful ability to make me smile.

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  29. oh i am in. let's walk and fill our hearts with yellow love!
    big smile!

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  30. Oh I'd walk there with you in a heartbeat. In fact, thanks for bringing me through this beautiful field photographically.

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  31. I dream of being able to walk in flowers like these :). The closest I came to one was a field of little wildflowers...

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  32. love the bathing bee shot!
    I especially like Jennifer's comment about a choir of sunshine!
    sunflowers do make me smile!

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  33. Ohhhhhh...I love sunflowers. The bee is wonderful, but the field, flowing with yellow is breathtaking. Thank you.

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  34. WOOOOOOOOW! These are just beautiful!

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  35. I actually felt like you did take me with you! Thank you for such beautiful photographs. I drove past a sunflower field yesterday and then came home to these photos. Amazing! I love those little baby ones, too.

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  36. A little bit of paradise on Earth - that is what that must feel like.So Beautiful ! Love that you took your parents there.;-D

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  37. Gorgeousness... I love how blue that bees looks in his pollen bath!

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  38. Holy cow, that sunflower field is incredible! Is that a blue bee? I've never seen a blue one. I'm never afraid of getting stung when they're around flowers because I know they're more interested in the pollen than in me!

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  39. I wish I could walk there with you, too! Absolutely glorious, and that baby is too cute!

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  40. i love, love, love baby sunflowers! i pick them over roses! i am envious of you. . . wish i lived near something like this!

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  41. ohhhh, i wish i could walk there with you, too! and is that bee really so blue? GORGEOUS.

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  42. oh my goodness it would be heavenly

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  43. I wish I was there, too! Sunflowers are my very favorite. Well, one of three, but DEFINITELY one of three! All depends which day you ask!

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  44. Fantastiche!
    have a nice day
    ciao
    Matteo

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  45. Love!!!

    Coming from me, who only uses exclamation points when absolutely necessary.

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth