It really feels like summer when I take a trip to Cannon Farms for fresh produce and sunflowers.
So let's take the Jeep for a little trip to Dunnellon!
We've already driven past the farm on our trips to Blue Run Park and the Gulf Coast.
I like to reserve a day when I have lots of time to walk in the fields and take tons of photos.
The weather was beautiful and I packed a lunch.
So I had all day!
I shopped for fresh produce first and put all of that in the cooler.
Then I picked up a bag and some clippers and headed for the sunflower fields.
It really takes your breath away to be surrounded by so much beauty...and LOTS of honey bees!
I was trying to describe it to someone and I couldn't find the words to express what an amazing experience it is to be immersed in so much beauty.
So I'll just keep plugging in photos and probably do another post later with MORE photos!
I saw lots of Cattle Egrets flying over the fields.
There were goats, turkeys and chickens on the farm too!
There were Sandhill Cranes and ducks on the drive over. (no photos but nice sightings!)
Even these 'spent' blooms are beautiful in their own way!
Do you love old barns as much as I do?
I wanted to include photos of the Jeep and this was my favorite!
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Sunflowers, fields of them or singular, are a thing of beauty and joy. The birds love them and the bees. Nothing could be better. Oh, and I love old barns, too!!
The sunflowers are just so pretty. I think people often forget how beautiful the interior of Florida is.
...and the sunflowers aren't the only color that they offered!
What great pictures of the sunflowers.
The jeep is also very nice.
Greetings Irma
Oh what a beautiful day! I really feel spring-like and summery 🌱
What a beautiful and interesting location. Looks like you picked a perfect day to see it!
Lovely, the sunshine is just so clear and happy.
Diane, what a fun way to spend the day at the farm with all of those gorgeous sunflowers. I hope you enjoy the weekend Diane.
so beautiful and i love the new header picture!!
this farm sounds like an awesome place to visit. it's so pretty and there are so many ways to have fun and enjoy yourself!!
that's a gorgeous picture of the wildflowers, with your jeep in the background!! have a great weekend diane!!
I love sunflowers and their sisters Daisies.. would like to see this field and take a few of my own pictures. great shot of the big red jeep... sounds like a wonderful day
A fabulous tour, so well depicted in word and photos.
The sunflowers look gorgeous!
Me ha encantado pasear contigo. Que tengas un lindo fin de semana. Besos.
I never seen sunflower farming....
look great
Wow! So much beauty! What a great place. Thanks for sharing!
You really were on a "field trip"! Deep in the heart of the Sunflower blossoms! So pretty! It is always nice to have fresh vegetables for dinner. Thank you for sharing. Your Jeep surely gets around! Love, Aunt Helen
You had me with the sunflower header!! I would so love to have been with you this day!!!
Such a beautiful day for an outing to see the sunflowers! They won't bloom here for a couple of months, but are worth the wait. I can enjoy yours early!
What a beautiful place to visit. Sunflowers are one of my favorites. I also love old barns.
Old barns evoke a special brand of nostalgia, but unfortunately more and more of them are falling into disrepair. Renovations and upkeep are costly and few are willing to invest the money it seems.,
A fun day!
Great photos!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Hello Diane,
Looks like a great place for a visit, the fresh produce and the sunflowers would make me happy. Lovely sunflowers and the shot of your Jeep with the flowers is pretty too. Cute shots of the goats, chicken and the turkeys.
Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thank you for leaving me a comment.
Good morning, howdy and hi! What fun it was to take this journey with you, and I think the critters warmed my heart the most, and all the lovely nature views. Enjoy your weekend.
Great place and day you shared with your awesome nature photos ~ Nature is such a gift ~ best energy surrounding you ~ thanks,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Beautiful wildlife and sunflowers. Nice capture of the old barn too. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the weekend.
I can only imagine what it must be like to be in a field of sunflowers. And it such a great place for the bees. Sounds like a wonderful day.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful collection of photographs, including the nice photograph with your Jeep. So much to see and enjoy.
Have a lovely weekend.
All the best Jan
Colourfully beautiful!
Love those sunflowers! Your Jeep really pops against that gorgeous floral backdrop.
Beautiful photos . I Like the sunflowers. Have a nice sunday.
I agree. There is little so beautiful as a field carpeted with blooming yellow sunflowers and as you say, the sound of bees enjoying the feast. You had a great day Diane so thanks for sharing it. But I'm still waiting for the lift in the red jeep as promised.
I do love sunflowers! We don't see them till later in summer so these are a treat!
That place had me at homegrown watermelons!! Love the flowers, birds, goats and old barn. It looks like you picked a lovely place for strolling through.
I would like to visit this kind of farming...
thank you for sharing beautiful photos and details
Thanks for sharing your mosiacs today. Sunflowers are as bold as they are beautiful.
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much💚love
Your day at the farm certainly was rewarding!
Can't beat a day in the Sunshine State wandering among Sunflowers.
All that and you brought home fresh produce!
What a gorgeous day! Sunflower fields are so beautiful, aren’t they? Whether here in the states or in France, a field of those sunny faces always makes me happy. That you got to cut your own is wonderful! Wishing you a beautiful month of June! Xo Lidy at FrenchGardenHouse
Dear Diane, so beautiful and nice, I love farms like this! And I can understand your joy about the walk in the sunflower field so well: directly behind our garden there is a field - and in some years sunflowers are planted here. It's amazingly beautiful. Unfortunately, this year it's only grain (also important 😉), but one day it will be sunflowers again - and then it will hum and buzz in it again 🌻🐝🦋!
The jeep photo with the matching flowers is really pretty!
I had to laugh at your comment "...but I bet if I could go with you, you would encourage me to do some crazy things!" - I hope that my company would not be dangerous for you in this case 😉
All the best and a good first week of June 🌻🌼🌻!
Hugs, Traude
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Sunflowers are among my favorite flowers! I always grow one in my backyard every summer.
There are large sunflower farms near Denver International Airport and every summer dedicated photographers travel to them to take photos just as pretty as yours, Diane.
Your Jeep looks very pretty among the wildflowers. Have a wonderful week!
Goodness gracious Diane those pictures are SO PRETTY especially the big one up top!! There are many farms around here raising sunflower crops. Right now they are up and just starting to bloom. Ours we planted a couple weeks ago came up in 7 days--- eager to watch them grow and bloom!! Those are regular yellow ones-- this weekend we planted a row of "blue sunflowers " In Our big garden-- can't wait to see what they do! I had never saw any of those before.
What beautiful pictures! Oh I do love me some fresh produce and sunflowers. Happy June to you. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
The sunflowers are so glorious. I remember seeing fields of them in France. Such a happy summery flower. Enjoy the sun and your week. It is cold and wet here!
I loved this trip!! Those red flowers and pink ones in the fields are so pretty.
Oh, I wish I would have been with you, what a lovely way to spend a day. The sunflowers and the field of cosmos are absolutely beautiful. I thought about getting a beehive and I've thought about getting a goat. My problem is I don't want to be stung and I don't want a goat getting into my garden. But goats are so fun and harvesting your own honey sounds amazing.
Delightful shots!
Sunflowers already! They really put me into summer mode. How nice to be immersed in such powerful beauties including the ones that finished constant seeding.
Yoko
Sunflowers are my favorits in Summer! They are wonderful. We hoold some in a vase on our table, Diane. We haven´t them in our garen, but in the supermarket, I can buy this blooms.
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I love the photo of your jeep. :-)
I also like old barns.
And I love sunflowers. Ours will be blooming in late July and August here in Wisconsin.
Lots of love, Carla
Oh how gorgeous, Yes I love old barns and sunflowers are always such a cheery sight!
Have a lovely day.
Wren x
What a great place! A picture is worth a thousand words!
Sunflowers always say "Summer is here." What a lovely day you had at the sunflower fields. You're right, even the drooping, wilting sunflowers have beauty. And buying some produce to take home was a nice part of your day. Love the Bee photo, it's sooooo pretty!
Have a good rest of the week, Diane.
~Sheri
Your photos scream SUMMER!
Love your gorgeous captures of my favourite flower.
Hugs and blessings, Diane
Sunflowers are great, but I prefere poopys. They stand out in the field.
Goats and chickens are great too.
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