Making this tickler card has brought me down memory lane. My grandfather was a farmer and I recall, as a young child, walking with him through the vast field of sunflowers, taller than him, as he inspected the crops. He warned me not to go beyond his sight as one could quickly get lost in the tall dense flowers. I remember the stern scolding I received when I wandered off causing panic when I didn't respond to his calls.
Mostly my grandfather planted and harvested potatoes and at harvest time he would load burlap sacks full of potatoes for us, enough to last through the winter.
The buffalo plaid jacket is a nod to my father-in-law who is dealing with advancing stages of dementia but who still loves to wear his buffalo plaid.
This will go out to a fellow teapotter. Hope this brings a smile to one of our own.
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 GMT Views: 290
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28936
Wed, Sep 30, 2020 @ 5:49 AM
Vicky this is adorable!!! I love the sunflower, wheat, crows!! That expression on the scarecrow's face is so so cute!!!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 32126
Wed, Sep 30, 2020 @ 1:31 PM
I am just loving seeing what everyone has come up with for this challenge. Yours is super cute with gorgeous coloring! I love those blackbirds too. Sweet card, Vicky!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132007
Thu, Oct 01, 2020 @ 2:09 AM
It must have been wonderful seeing those fields of sunflowers - we've seen them in France a few times. So hard to see someone with dementia :-(. Your scarecrow is sweet, and looks as if he is singing to the crows rather than trying to scare them away.
Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 23018
Thu, Oct 01, 2020 @ 11:23 AM
Wonderful memories you shared and super image too. The first thing I noticed about this is that your scarecrow and bird look like they are singing a duet! SO in my mind this becomes "Aria from a Field"
(Just noticed that Sabrina saw much what I did here -)
------------------------------ Linda aka Bubbles
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