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I am ripe and ready...

2007.09.18







A beautiful Indian summer day with a Chinook (warm winds) from Alberta hitting the Prairies. River Kayaking I ran in to this field of sunflowers they were absolutely beautiful in there ripeness with the blue sky behind them. Tasting the sunflower kernels was great and so very natural.
19 Comments
jaybird33417 beautiful shots... but how do they taste? lol
jaybird33417 · 2007-09-18: 20:45
Lindyart there is something so beautiful about these .. love the ripeness of them..:) wonderful set and info...
Lindyart · 2007-09-18: 20:46
davidcardona Great subject! Nice serie. Congrats!
davidcardona · 2007-09-18: 20:46
garysktam Can't believe that the sunflower kernels can be ate.. ^__ ^ :
garysktam · 2007-09-18: 22:23
nasser very beautiful shots
nasser · 2007-09-18: 23:17
pj Sunflower seeds have been enjoyed for at least 3,000 years. Sunflowers are the only North American native plant to become a notable crop around the world, grown today from Russia to France and back to Minnesota. Ancient Native Americans cultivated them as an important source of nutrition, and early American colonists snacked on them, too. Today sunflower seeds are used mostly today as a feed crop for animals (and baseball players).
There's a special technique for eating sunflower seeds and, like most kids, I spent hours perfecting it. I'd stockpile a few salted unshelled seeds in one cheek like a squirrel, release them one at a time to crack their fragile armor with my front teeth, extract the kernels and manipulate the empty shells with my tongue to my other cheek for storage. I ate them until my tongue burned from the salt and my throat was parched.
pj · 2007-09-19: 06:01
fotoluzik wonderful set;)
fotoluzik · 2007-09-19: 09:20
sunshineand yes!
sunshineand · 2007-09-19: 11:31
mimax2 very, very interesting.
mimax2 · 2007-09-19: 12:04
eljapa nice, put some 30 seeds into the ground this year...totally nothing???
now i can look at these :-)
eljapa · 2007-09-19: 13:22
maharba same fate as ellapa.....I'll try again next year.
maharba · 2007-09-19: 15:08
storytaylor a different perspective. decay is the way to return the life.
storytaylor · 2007-09-19: 15:40
magpy It's nice seeing a set of sunflowers that aren't stereotypically perky
magpy · 2007-09-19: 17:42
Sevendipity What a treasure trove to photograph. Lucky you.
Sevendipity · 2007-09-19: 17:57
rikuruoho really nice set
very creative...
rikuruoho · 2007-09-22: 14:32
Mabi938 We will soon have some oil !
Mabi938 · 2007-09-22: 22:44
Mabi938 Beautiful catches !
Mabi938 · 2007-09-22: 22:45
budrons nice set and diffrent for sunflowers. I miss your pictures. come back, ehi!?
budrons · 2007-09-27: 08:31
domino it's another beauty, i like it!
domino · 2007-09-27: 09:21
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