Beeville farmer uses high-flying opportunity to propose to longtime girlfriend: http://t.co/PTsPxU83Co (Congrats!) pic.twitter.com/BfcZwgE21C

— Corpus Christi Caller-Times (@callerdotcom) July 14, 2015

PORTLAND, Texas — A South Texas farmer with friends who take him to high places asked his girlfriend to marry him by mowing his proposal into a field.

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports Ruston Smith has a pilot friend who flew him and his girlfriend over the field.

Smith, a 22-year-old farmer from Beeville, arranged to use a plane belonging to his rancher boss and a grassy field on the owner’s property.

Kobi Sliva of Sinton said “yes” on Saturday when she saw the field near Portland mowed with the message “Marry Me.” The 21-year-old Texas A&M University student says she was in shock to see such a proposal, which she says took a lot of thought.

Smith says he decided to do something special for his girlfriend of six years.