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it gets me every time
A monochrome of a sunflower field seems like the floral equivalent of a monochrome photo of a rainbow. So I did it.
You may not know that Texas is the third highest producer of sunflowers in the US. Also it takes about 16,000 sunflower seeds to plant one acre, which is interesting because that is roughly the same number as it takes to get through one baseball game.
plastic-wrapped, 1
My main rule is that if my friends Ron and Cheryl call up and offer a day-long road trip, the answer should always be an enthusiastic yes. And when Ron says for me to be sure and bring my cameras “just in case” the only thing left to do is coordinate what time they’ll stop by to pick us up.
And that’s the story of how I happened to see this plastic-shrouded piece of agricultural equipment along the highway.
Olton, Texas
photographed 7.19.2025




