Last Thursday, we went to the Flower Fields with a whole bunch of friends.

Originally it was just going to be me and Annalie, Brenda and Bug.

Photo by Brenda Ponnay

Then we thought, maybe my mom would like to go, so we waited a couple of days till she was in town.

Photo by Brenda Ponnay

While I was chatting with Jen about something or other, I invited her and her girls to come along.

Brenda was talking with her mom on the phone and mentioned our plans, and Sue thought that sounded like fun, so she and Heather came and brought Sue’s mom, Brenda’s grandma, along too.

Photo by my mom

So what was supposed to be a nice little meet-up for me and Brenda ended up being a whole noisy bunch of us, from little Molly climbing in and out of her stroller, to Annalie and Bug and Audrey alternating between running ahead of us and begging to be carried, to Brenda’s grandma walking along at her own pace with her walker. It wasn’t exactly what we planned, but it was fun!

And it really is beautiful there. The huge fields of ranunculus in stripes of color are stunning. The sweet pea maze was fun, even though it was the last thing we did and by that time the kids and adults were hungry and a little crabby.

Photo by Brenda Ponnay

Photo by Brenda Ponnay

Photo by my mom

p.s. I edited all these photos with Photoshop on my Mac, for those of you who are interested in that kind of thing. I’m finding the transition much easier than I expected, partly thanks to Brenda’s help and partly thanks to the fact that Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 is quite similar to Photoshop.