8.13.2011

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:

christinemyoung said...

beautiful ~ i would love to walk with you ♥

Chip "Rocket Man" Allen said...

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

TexWisGirl said...

that is gorgeous! i can only imagine!

Eva said...

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

nacherluver said...

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

S. Etole said...

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

Samantha said...

Stunning shots!

Kimberly June said...

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

Sherry Smyth said...

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

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windrock studio said...

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

Jennifer Richardson said...

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

Kamana said...

next time, take me with you please

Wendy McDonagh-Valentine said...

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/

missing moments said...

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

~JarieLyn~ said...

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

bon bon said...

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!

Snappy Di said...

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

Margie said...

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

JaneK said...

you are too cute! thanks for sharing!

Margie said...

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

laurel said...

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

Elise/One Woman, Reinvented said...

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

RNSANE said...

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

Jenny Schouten Short said...

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!

TechnoBabe said...

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

SueAnn said...

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

Sarah Knight said...

Beautiful photos!

Karen said...

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.

Dyche Designs said...

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

Christina said...

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

Hilary said...

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

MJ said...

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

Scrappy Grams said...

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

ds said...

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

Caroline said...

WOOOOOOOOW! These are just beautiful!

Amibeth said...

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.

Kim Mailhot said...

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

mrs mediocrity said...

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

Gail Dixon (Louisiana Belle) said...

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!

Barbara Shallue said...

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

Jean said...

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

Leslie said...

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

spread your wings said...

oh my goodness it would be heavenly

Jeanie said...

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!

Matteo Taffuri said...

Fantastiche!
have a nice day
ciao
Matteo

Country Girl said...

Love!!!

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

Lisa RedWillow said...

I LOVE sunflowers