TWIN FALLS — The power of sunflowers is amazing. The blooms growing at a busy Twin Falls intersection have done something a field of alfalfa certainly couldn't do. They have prompted smiles, appreciation and photo opportunities.
One motorist said the field of bright yellow sunflowers at Washington Street North and Cheney Drive in Twin Falls provided a stop and smell the flowers moment. "It's beautiful; it's random," said Meredith Haney, who said it was "wonderful" to be stopped at a traffic light next to the field. "It surprises you and it's large enough to make you stare in awe.
" Social media spread the word about the two-acre field. Megan Lammers strolled through the bright-yellow blooms Thursday morning with her 2-year-old daughter, the child dressed up in bib overalls adorned with a sunflower design. The sunflower field is perfect place to take photos, said photographer Amra Mujic.
When a client reached out to her and said she wanted some pictures in the field, "I was in complete awe," Mujic wrote to the TimesNews. "The sunflower field at CSI is so beautiful, and the atmosphere is so amazing. The sun shining, smiles all around, and you can see the happiness radiating from others.
" Other people just wondered where the big, beautiful sunflowers came from. The flowers are the result of a handful of College of Southern Idaho agriculture students, known as the CSI Farm Team, led by instructor Brian Simper. The students, needing to plant and care for a crop there, chose sunfl.