During a few short weeks between the last frost and the first hot days of summer, the Texas country side is aflame in a riot of colors. A whole host of wild flowers paint the grassy patches in the fields and on the sides of roads in the most gorgeous shades of red, pink, yellow, ochre, blue and violet. The Texas Hill Country (a region between Houston and Austin) is especially resplendant with wild blooms at this time. Tours, picnics and sightseeing are planned in the spring in the rolling hill country. When my son was in college in Austin, I used to enjoy this lovely sight every year on our way to and back from visiting him. I haven’t gone out that way in several years. But the breathtaking sight of miles and miles of hill side and open meadows covered in bright flowers is etched in my mind. In the midst of this rich carpet of petals, the brightly hued state flower, the Texas Bluebonnet dominates the landscape with its deep, eye catching purple – blue presence.
My good friend Linda recently sent me two unusual photos taken around Easter time this year, in two different parts of Texas – one where there was snow among the Bluebonnets and another where there was … well, see for yourself!
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4 responses to “Spring Time in Texas”
My first thought at seeing the bluebonnets in the field was that the photographer had been playing around with Photoshop or Gimp for that effect, until I read the post and realized it was real. What a startling contrast, and in Texas of all places!
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Very pretty– blue flowers are my favorite. They remind me of a handful of memories from childhood visits to relatives in San Antonio and Waco. It was so much easier to like Texas when it meant grandmothers, pretty countryside, caves, and rooting around for fossils and crawdads. A pedantic point: while I’m no Texas expert, I think the Texas Hill Country would generally be described as West of Austin (North of San Antonio), which is itself North and West of Houston, ergo not between the two cities.
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No Photo Shop here – real pictures taken by real people. The snow on the ground around Easter in Texas is really unusual, the rattler is probably more commonplace.
Texas Hill Country is in central Texas, extending west of Austin and north of San Antonio. So my saying that it is between Houston and Austin was perhaps misleading. What I meant to say is that you pass through the eastern edge of this region (the Round Rock – Austin area) while driving from Houston to Austin and see the wild flowers in March through late May.
Anna, are your pressing the POST button twice? Since the new design, comments take a few extra moments to show up.
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