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The Adventure Sunflower Fields
Location LAT 44° 59' 26" N LON 122.51' 09" W
Date August 16, 2009
Weather 71°, Sunny
Distance 5 miles![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Skn4-fUSoGDgrh7DoRIhq_k7QJOkCH4oTkhnHjqaJZXG52w6Q6uibBJ0ChMAK1buwhEmwit0wuiOJFMT3F85sBZQEHm734YQ9MIszMzs3BOHnT-yrC95X-4A-Z5tOHRIghle/s400/8.16.09_sunflowers1.jpg)
Just down the road are acres and acres of giant sunflowers.
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Probably a third of them have bloomed.
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The center of each head is different.
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The gold against the blue sky was phenomenal.
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The little white daisies competed for attention in the shadows of the sunflowers.
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Roxy was way to short to pose with the flowers, but fortunately for her, there were a few on the ground at the end of the rows.
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This one almost looks like a gerbera daisy.
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The bees of course were hard at work.
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The little tiny flowers that held the pollen were all lined up in perfect little rows.
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Directly in front of the sunflowers a field of green peppers grew and behind that was a field of corn.
I love living in the valley.
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