Wednesday Wonders: Sunflower Field

Yesterday I went to the Dorr Farm store to pick up some vegetables.  Dear One and I had driven over there on Monday to find they were closed that day, despite the website indicating they were open every day.  Dear One did mention the possibility of calling before we went but I was a limp rag on Monday and really wanted some fresh vegetables and blackberries so I did not bother to call. Oh well.

 When I went by myself yesterday to the farm it turned out that the blackberries were either not in season or all sold out...BUT we did get zucchini, yellow crookneck squash, new red potatoes, one cucumber (we don't like cucumbers normally but these from the farm may be good with hummus--after I make the hummus!), and one Cherokee Purple tomato.  

As we drove into the farm along one side of the road on Monday I took great joy in the big field of sunflowers with their heavy heads hanging.  Yesterday I stopped and took some pictures.  Here is one of them.

These flowers reminded me of a trip my sister and I took to New Mexico one year ages ago where we also found sunflowers at the side of the road. In that case they seemed to be the smaller brand of sunflowers and the fields stretched for miles.  They were ALL facing the sun as we drove by.  A very sweet image.

These sunflowers at the Dorr Farm appeared to be the large sunflower-seed plants.  It is so nice to see all the beauties in this world Our Father has given us to inhabit and enjoy.

On the way back from the farm I drove by the road home but it turned out okay because where I thought I was supposed to turn right I recognized the name of the road which I had seen on the CORRECT way home...so I got to drive the whole length of that road instead of just seeing the sign for it at the other end!  It was a lovely rural journey and I still made it back to known territory before the rain struck, which was nice.