I made another trip to a sunflower farm at the beginning of June. Jimmy Mc’s farm is closer to home and was a quick trip. They only have a small sunflower field and a few cows. Brett came as well since he had not been to this farm before. It had rained most of the night and I wasn’t sure if we would get rained out but at least it was cool.
One of the cows came over to the fence to see if we had sunflowers to feed him but it looked like he already had plenty to choose from on the ground. Maybe he remembered me from last year when I fed him some sunflowers and came over to say hello?
Just past the sunflower field I could see turkeys running for the woods.
This was the last day of picking season and many of the flowers were getting old but I still managed to find several handfuls to take home.
Some of the little critters out in the field.
As usual I try and check the ones I take home for hitchhikers but I had so many that I barely looked. When I got home and was getting them in vases I found one that had to go outside but not before taking a quick shot. The green lynx spider is good to have in the garden since they eat a lot of moth larvae that are pests.
Playing around with my phone camera. I used stage lighting on portrait mode to take the above.
As we walked to the car I noticed the great blue heron sitting along the edge of a small pond. It looked very peaceful.
Then I noticed these guys strolling around to my side of the pond. Sandhill cranes with 2 almost grown juveniles (with the orange beaks). They were just cruising around out on the farm. Two years ago I saw them here as well so I’m wondering if it’s the same parents.
A quick video of them yelling as they walked by.
Linking to A Stroll Thru Life.
