August Theme: Let’s Hear It For The Boys
Location: Rush Ranch, Eastern Oregon
Wx: Hot
If you haven’t heard of my debacle with Jake the cat and a skunk, be happy you haven’t heard me moan and groan about that. It involved water, a”de-skunking” recipe, scratching and wrestling. But we have both survived. We shall overcome.
The sunflowers fill the valley below, an awesome sight. Miles of them. The farmers are going them for seed and oil. I can’t wait for the blooms to come on, because my daughter and I love to photograph the fields. Now that the flowers have bloomed, the farmers stop watering them so that they will spend their energy making their seeds. When the back of a sunflower turns golden brown, the seeds are ready for harvest. The flower is called a “plate”, and the harvester drives along with a special attachment that looks like a bunch of forks. The farmers harvest the plates, and the rest of the plant is so dry that it just explodes in dust. The farmers have to ensure that they blow the dust off of their equipment every day, or even every few hours. If you are interested in the process, here is a great website of information, and a few videos of the harvest. This photo below was taken by my daughter just yesterday.
Sunflower Fields of Grande Ronde Valley
The Scrap Designers theme for the month of August is “Let’s Hear It for the Boys”. I only raised daughters, so I don’t have much experience with boys. I just tried to think boy colors and see what I could come up with. I think that you will really be pleased with some of the OTHER designer’s kits that you can download from the blog roll below my kit. Please stop by their blogs and give them some love and encouragement.
Download Elements
Download Patterned Papers
Download Solid Papers
Blog Role
Promethean Concepts
Songbird Scraps Designs
Lady DGScraps
DigiScrap Angelhaze
AnnieCDigitals
DigiJen Scraps
LEA Art Designs
Moore Blessings Digital Design
Be sure and visit all the awesome designers in this train to get all the fantastic kits, and remember, our designers are across the globe and in many time zones. If their part is not yet available, please come back later!!
I also made a laptop background for myself, for the month of August. If you are interested in it, you may download it, here.
Thank you very much for this beautiful freebie.❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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Thank you so much for this new beautiful kit.
have a good day.
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Sunny posted: “August Theme: Let’s Hear It For The Boys Location: Rush Ranch, Eastern Oregon Wx: Hot If you haven’t heard of my debacle with Jake the cat and a skunk, be happy you haven’t heard me moan and groan about that. It involved water, a”de-skunking” recipe,”
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Thank you for sharing your lovely work.
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Thank you! Awesome, as always! Can’t wait to see more pics of the sunflowers!
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Thank you for this beautiful kit!
Beautiful photo of the sunflowers. It is one of my favorite flowers
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Thank you for another beautiful kit!! Sunflowers are our state flower, and I also think they’re beautiful.
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Another wonderful kit, boys can be hard to design for! And I love your sunflowers! When I lived in North Dakota I used to watch them follow the sun, so amazing!
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Thank you so much for the wonderful gifts to the Blog Hop! I love to come to your site and read the latest. Always wondered how to tell when sunflower seed were ready to harvest.
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Thanks so much for your gifts! Haha on the cat and skunk! It’s times like that I am glad our cats are indoor cats and don’t venture outside. I also appreciate the sunflower pics! A dear friend of mine passed away in April. Her favorite flowers were sunflowers, so every time I see a picture of one, it reminds me of Charlene. *Sniff.*
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thank you
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for a mom of girls, you sure hit it spot on ! i especially love the element of the little boy hurdling the word
thank you
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Thank you so much!
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Wonderful creation — thanks for creating a kit with the older boy in mind!!
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Looks like you are certainly enjoying the harvest before the season ends!! What a beautiful photo of the sunflowers!! This kit for the boys is fabulous!! Thank you, kindly, for sharing it with us.
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Thank you 🙂
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Thank you so much for this awesome kit !
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