Done for the Big Photo Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/april-challenge-5-big-photo.41861/

Canola is a crop with plants from three to five feet tall that produce pods from which seeds are harvested and crushed to create canola oil and meal. These plants also produce small, yellow flowers, which beautify the environment. Canola seeds contain about 45 percent oil. This large percentage of oil comes in a small package; canola seeds are similar in size to poppy seeds, though brownish-black in color. Although they look similar, canola and rapeseed plants and oils are very different. Canadian scientists used traditional plant breeding in the 1960s to practically eliminate two undesirable components of rapeseed — erucic acid from oil and glucosinolates from meal — to create “canola,” a contraction of “Canadian” and “ola.” Canola oil is prized for its heart-healthy properties with the least saturated fat of all common culinary oils.

When I drive the widows to their monthly meeting an hour away we always look forward to this beautiful site of canola blooms shining across acres and acres of land. When we see these fields in bloom, we know for certain that Spring has arrived! It was pretty cloudy the day we traveled to Damascus Baptist Church for the meeting, so the yellow was not as bright in the landscape photo as it was when the sun was shining brightly in the selfie photo! 4/8/25