Photo Friday (Vol. XXVIII) [sunshine edition]

I apologize in advance for giving you short shrift this week.  I have to leave the house at 7:45AM (remember Friday is supposed to be the first day of our weekend here!) for an all day obligation.  I have lots of pictures and themes to share, but nothing organized... yet.

So... You get a photo (yes, a single photo) of a scene that has been making me deliriously happy for weeks.

Every day I drive past an enormous field of sunflowers just north of Beer Sheva.  I don't know about anyone else, but you have to be a pretty bitter person not to get a lift when you see a field of sunflowers! 

As if the flowers weren't enough by itself, I noticed that a professional beekeeper had placed hives all around the periphery of the field so that his/her bees could pollinate the flowers.   

Between the happy sunflowers, the beehives and the clear blue sky above... I ended up grinning like an idiot every time I drove past!

After a few days of driving by this scene, I remarked to one of my regular passengers that I really needed to stop and snap a picture.   Luckily my passengers are used to unscheduled photo ops.

I can't describe how relaxing it was to stand next that endless field of summery flowers. If the people passing in their cars had any idea how therapeutic the close proximity was, the owner of the field would be able to charge admission!

As I stood there in the fresh morning sunshine, the big flowers made soft sighing sounds as they rustled against one another... the bees buzzed industriously in and out of their hives... crickets chirped somewhere amongst the stalks... and a few birds flew lazy circles overhead.

And me without a lawn chair!  :-)

Here is small sample of the ray of the sunshine that has been pouring into my world for the past couple of weeks:

Shabbat Shalom!