Hive Philippines Travel and Nature Photography #1056 - by Allmonitors

#1056 - Northern Blossom Flowers Farm in Atok Shots for Thursday.

Good morning dearest Hiveans across the world! Happy Thursday to each of us. This day is our perfect canvas for steady progress and meaningful connection. Every effort you make, no matter its size, adds a valuable piece to the larger picture of your dreams😉. Wishing you a Thursday that's both fulfilling and productive. We are all doing great😍.

Moving now to our daily shots, the early morning air was cold when our alarm went off in our simple transient room at Northern Blossom in Atok, Benguet. We had stayed here overnight for one reason that's to be the very first people in the flower farm. We stepped out into the early light with my sweater while the world was still asleep and silent and the famous flower fields were ours alone for the next thirty minutes to almost an hour. It felt like a wonderful secret privilege.

My wife, our friend Dre and I walked into the terraces of flowers with the morning dew still found on the the petals and leaves. The silence was deafening and broken only by the noise of our footsteps on the ground. Being there before the gates finally opened to the waiting daytour public was the ultimate perk. We didn't have to wait in line, we had the entire breathtaking landscape to ourselves.

The view here was absolutely breathtaking like forest bathing filled with fresh cold air. The farm is located on the edge of a mountain and as the sun began to warm the horizon, we witnessed the most incredible sunrise here in the area imaginable. Below us were the deep valleys of the Cordillera that were filled with fluffy sea of clouds. Then I took photos of my wife surrounded by golden cheerful sunflowers that seemed to glow in the early morning.

Then we moved to a area filled with stunning pink dahlias just beside the chair where the wife sat. Scattered throughout the terraces were also beautiful clusters of colorful hydrangeas in shades of blue and pink like a rainbow of colors. For that half-hour, we were just three there enjoying and exploring in somewhat a private paradise with no rush at all. We took our time while breathing in the cold clean air and the faint scent of flowers in bloom. The experience was peaceful and then right on time, we heard the main gate open and the distant noise of the first visitors. As people began to flow and come in, we exchanged smiles with that feeling grateful for our early head start which was priceless and an unforgettable memory.

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Shot taken in Atok Benguet, Philippines.