Spectacular Sunflowers

A field of golden sunflowers 🌻

Entices me to break social convention

To invite myself along… would that be wrong!?

Overhearing a snippet of conversation to which I didn’t belong…

Which sunflower field will we visit this weekend?

How? Where? When?

Please, Oh Please… can I tag along?

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We set off soon after the day was dawning

All of us bleary eyed and yawning.

Hurtling along many a winding country road

Past rust-coloured fields of sorghum

And munching cows busily keeping paddocks mowed.

Car music blaring…

Anticipation steadily rising.

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At last, destination ahead… paddock parking over there…

Rain starts to sprinkle

Threatens to ruin gorgeous curly hair!

Wistfully we eye a beckoning buggy…

A sore foot has me hobbling along…

The kilometre long trek to those vibrant beauties…

Undulating, damp and definitely muddy!

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Resplendent in all their glory

Majestic heads held high

Face a glimmering sun… the hero of their story.

Siblings eagerly wade in…

An informal photo shoot ensues…

At times, shot in hilarious poses…

Flower heads are cats to pat or… phones for a chat!

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Free to pick as many as we can carry…

Soon we settle for trios…

Those tough stemmed, exquisitely formed blooms

Are surprisingly fragile…

Leaving a Hansel and Gretel style trail of yellow petals!

Sticky, black mud cakes shoes

Persistently clinging, creating inch high wedge heels.

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Hmm… so, does this adventure disprove

That sage old saying…

Nothing good ever comes from eavesdropping!

Sunflowers were the magnet that sent me socially straying.

My verdict…

Today’s outing was fun; photos by the ton; perfect flowers… more than one!

So… my accidental act

Brought me great pleasure… that’s a fact!

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Inspired by Sleepy Drafts challenge below.