Heat and drought! Not a good combination. We are in the midst of wildfire season here in the west, and Northern California is getting its share. But what makes us smile are the sunflowers. Yes, it’s also sunflower season here.
In the middle of June, the wonderful Yolo Arts & Ag Project brought us to the Elkhorn Basin Ranch in West Sacramento. It was going to be a hot day, so we got there early. Artists and photographers were lined up to sketch, paint and photograph the cheerful sunflowers.
Now these sunflowers were grown mainly for seed to ship overseas, and to my surprise, they were not super tall. I’m short and I always have a difficult time to photograph fields even with my three-step ladder. I was in photo heaven. Also the farm manager allowed us to walk into the field a little bit.
So, here are some of my images from that morning.
An artist stops to smile for the camera.
Before we reached our destination, we did stop to take images of this orchard.
The Elkhorn Basin Ranch is owned by the Yolo Land Trust and leased to Don Beeman and Garcia Farms.
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Beautiful. I should go to those more often, but was put off by the heat.
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Thanks Alessandra! It was hot! We didn’t stay too long.
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Beautiful! You know how much I love Sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻
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Thanks Donna!
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Wow, what a gorgeous sunny display of photos 🌻🌞
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Anne, love the sunflower photos. It must have been terrible hot out there.
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Thank you Gayle! And yes it was. 😊
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Dear Anne,
heat & draught is our problem here in East Anglia as well – but not nearly as hot as at yours.
Our sunflowers need two more weeks for flowering fully. We admire your sunflowers.
Thanks for sharing
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thanks Fab Four! Good luck with your sunflowers. I thought all of England was wet! See, I gained some knowledge!
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Dear Anne,
East Anglia belongs to the arid areas in Europe as it’s situated in the rain shadow of the mountains at the west coast of England.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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Van Gogh would be envious! We drove past such fields on our way back to Sacramento from the Van Gogh Immersive exhibit in SF. Your photos evoke the same feelings (minus any darkness).
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Thanks Donna! I don’t know about comparing my photos to Van Gogh though 😉. I do appreciate your comment.
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The boldness of your composition and intensity of the colors speak to me. 🌻
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Thanks again Donna! I do like bold colors. I’ve never been into the arts and I’m not artistic at all. Your comment makes me feel good!
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These beautiful sunflower photos made me smile. 🙂 🙂
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Thanks Amy! I’m glad I could help you smile!!
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