We're having a sunny day here today, which made me wish for flowers. BIG, sunny yellow flowers!
So, I poked around in some of my photo files and found this photo of a sunflower I took on a farm near Hood River, Oregon a couple of summers ago while on a day-trip with my friend Sharon.
Rasmussen Farms raises fresh produce, fruit, flowers, and pumpkins!! Towards the end of the summer every year they have Van Gogh Days, which celebrates the many varieties of sunflowers grown on the farm.
People can walk through the giant sunflower fields and hand-pick flowers, and enjoy the view of Mt Hood and surrounding valleys. They welcome painters, and photo groups too.
Sharon and I had a great time. If you're in the area, I recommend visiting their farm. There are nice vineyards in the area too, if wine is your thing. In fact, I think there's even a dinner/wine train that circles the valley -- worth looking into, I'm sure!
I'm going to have to plant some sunflowers here on the farm this year... seeing lovely flowers every day - what a treat!
I love your photos! Rasmussen farm.... Rasmussen is a norwegian name, can be danish to. Funny to see for me from Norway. I hope you understand my bad english when I writes to you ;)
Posted by: Desiree | March 08, 2007 at 03:42 AM
Now that is one BEAUTIFUL photo. I am so in love with sunflowers. They are my absolute favorite. That photograph is amazing!
Posted by: Samantha | March 06, 2007 at 05:15 PM
Beautiful flower! I can't wait for all this snow to melt here and the spring flowers to start poking through!!
Posted by: Monica | March 05, 2007 at 07:09 PM
Your photo is absolutely gorgeous! You are SOOOOOO good with the camera!!! We lived in KS for 10 years, and the Sunflower is the state flower...what a beauty! And I love seeing the fields of them in KS and NE...just breathtaking. :)
Posted by: diane mcvey | March 05, 2007 at 03:50 PM
Thanks for sharing your photo of the gorgeous sunflower. It is my favourite flower and as it happens I'm in a sunflower swap over at SCS. Have yourself a great day. Hope you continue to enjoy the sun. It is -40 degrees C with the 90km winds today. Should last one more day then warm up.
Posted by: Beth | March 05, 2007 at 01:59 PM
This is a stunning photograph...love the light captured from being shining through the petals. Awesome!
Posted by: LynnMercurio | March 05, 2007 at 12:19 PM
This is GORGEOUS! We are having a beautiful day here in Eugene (the third in a row); the kind of pre-spring day that makes one so happy to live in the Willamette Valley. I think I am now going to have to plant some sunflowers too.
Posted by: MicheleP | March 05, 2007 at 11:42 AM
That sunflower is AMAZING!! The farm sounds great -- maybe I need to visit Oregon again :)
Posted by: Jennifer (jkincolorado) | March 05, 2007 at 10:38 AM
That farm sounds like a wonderful place to visit!!! I love Sunflowers. My hubby has a few seeds going and we are going to try growing some this year. TFS the photo..it put a huge smile on my face!
Posted by: kauai17-kim | March 05, 2007 at 10:22 AM