In May I made the trip north to Jimmy Mc’s Farm to get a handful of sunflowers. All you can fit in a hand for $5 is the best deal in the area. The farm doesn’t have activities like some of the sunflower farms do but they don’t charge to get in so it’s a deal if you just want sunflowers. I got there right when they opened and walked past the big sunflower field to see the cows. When I got to the back fence the cows all started walking towards the fence. Where they coming just to say Hi?  It was fun to see the calves.

They walked right up to the fence. They were hoping for a sunflower handout.

A few minutes later the farmer brought them some food and they left me, immediately taking off and heading for the food. It was time to pick some flowers.

It was a beautiful morning to be picking them. I walked up and down the aisles and struggled to choose them. They had to be perfect. No bees on them. Not popped out yet (when the center pops out it means the blooms are older and don’t have much longer). I brought 2 big handfuls to the table to check out.

The cows had moved closer to the entrance and were standing near the fence. The owner had a handful of the flowers and were letting us feed the cows with the sunflowers. When the picking season is over at the end of May he lets the cows into the field to eat the remaining flowers.

I stopped on the way out to take a shot of the windmill.

I thought I checked them out for bugs but when I got home this guy crawled out from under a petal. I ran and got my macro lens to shoot the above before taking him out to the backyard.

I gave a few to my neighbor and we still had a lot of sunflowers around the house.

I took this with my phone in portrait mode (stage light setting). I like the way the background is blacked out. My phone takes some pretty neat pictures.