sunflower yellow

By Michelle Fedosoff

Abandoned Car

Sunflower yellow is the color of warmth, happiness, and summer and there is no place better to capture that than in the sunflower fields in Chilliwack BC. Upon first hearing of the Sunflower Festival, I was intrigued. I purchased my tickets online and set the alarm for the next morning. The ringing of my alarm at five a.m. was not what I wanted to hear but I had a one-hour drive ahead of me and my goal is to make the sunflower fields as the sun comes up. Upon arriving, I park in the grassy area, show my ticket at the gate, and enter with dozens of other people.

I find a place to sit and wait for the sunrise over the flowers. As the sun rises, the color of the sunflowers gets brighter and brighter and I cannot stop myself from smiling. Rows upon rows of sunflowers of different heights all with that beautiful warm yellow. As the morning grows warmer, the bees come out and I find myself wandering from section to section counting the bees, watching the dragonflies, smiling at the children running, and being amused by the people dressed for selfies.

I expected to stay for an hour, take a photo or two, then return home but instead found myself staying until early afternoon. Leaving, I purchase a sunflower bouquet and seeds for my own garden.

Photos (From top): Sunflower and bee; Sunflowers in bicycle basket; Dragonfly on a sunflower; Sunflower bouquet from the festival; One of many varieties of sunflowers

One of the many photo props with the sunflowers Early morning in the sunflower fields

Painting the sunflower fields