Sunday, May 15, 2011

Fields of Yellow!


Fields of Yellow!

There were roughly 2,000 acres of these sunflowers.
We had seen a beautiful crop of them months back and they were considerably taller, but due to the drought (Yes, deep south Texas is in a terrible drought) the sunflowers were "stunted". They're still gorgeous to look at though. Yellow is one of my favorite colors so of course I could not get enough of them.
This crop of sunflowers will be harvest and used for the oil.

I am linking to
Little Red House

for Mosaic Monday

AND

Mellow Yellow Monday

I want to apologize to anyone I was not able to reply to this past week. E-Blogger had erased my latest posting and I was unable to post at all. I know this is not uncommon and thank goodness with a little patience all was repaired. Now I just have some catching up to do!


20 comments:

Deb said...

sunflowers are my favorite flower...

Colleen - the AmAzINg Mrs. B said...

I love seeing whole fields of flowers...these are amazing!

Pondside said...

That must be quite a sight!
Blogger annoyed a lot of us this week.

Lori E said...

I think everyone loves sunflowers. To see so many together must have been amazing.

Liz said...

Beautiful shots.

Have a fabulous week!

Liz @ MLC

BunnyKissd said...

Lovely sunflowers! We don't see those around here until August!

Joyful said...

Aw, i love sunflowers.

Agni said...

Sunflowers are my favorite flowers... It looks great !!! Ag

Theresa said...

I am with you, short sunflowers are still pretty! I love them in arrangements:) Enjoy your Monday, HUGS!

Vee said...

Very nice. We never see them growing in such abundance here, though I am sorry that they are stunted and that Texas is in such a nasty drought.

Old Time Cindy said...

Love sunflowers! I planted some seeds and can't wait until they poke their heads through the soil. Great photos!

Betsy@My Salvaged Treasures said...

What a beautiful sight. I love sunflowers and don't think I've ever seen so many. Very nice pictures.
Hopefully we'll all stay up and running after all these blogger problems.

Linda said...

Marvelous work!

Glad to be following you...

Kim, USA said...

I really don't understand why some parts have drought and some parts are flooded. But yes the sunflower are gorgeous and just wish that this year I could be able to visit a sunflower farm here in MI. Great shot and thanks for sharing!
MYM

Kayni said...

i love sunflowers. last year, i had a lot of them blooming on my garden.

Snap said...

I love sunflowers fields. ... so spectacular in full bloom. This is a great start! :D :D Have a delightful week.

Rita said...

Last year when we went to see our son and daughter-in-law in Colorado, we passed acres and acres of sunflowers. I was just amazed to see so many. They were absolutely beautiful, so I know how much you enjoyed seeing these! I'm sorry that you are having trouble with blogger. For some reason, I cannot see some posts and I cannot put a background on mine, because I lose my posts if I do. It is so frustrating. There are a couple of blogs that I love to visit, but I cannot "see" them. I've e-mailed them and they say that others are responding with their comments, so it has to be mine. I hate that. I may just stop blogging!

Elzie said...

What a beautiful field of sunflowers! They make you smile, that's for sure.

I had to read your last posts cause I've missed them before and I just wanted to tell you that here in Sweden mother's day is always the last Sunday in May!! Funny how different it is around the world.

Hope you have a nice day.
Love Elzie

Elzie said...

Hi again! How lovely you work on your DH's family tree. I have heard of Cavallin but can't remember where or when?! Do you know where they come from in Sweden?
I too work on my family tree and some relatives emigrated to USA in the 1800 but their names weren't Cavallin. I will try and find them too when I've come that far.
Thanks for visiting me.
Love Elzie

Barbara Rosenzweig said...

These are so wonderful to see! Sunflowers always make me smile - so much so, that I painted one!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67382226/sunflower-art-limited-ed-watercolor-fine

Have a wonderful day!
Barb