Bluebonnets in the neighborhood
I spotted a bodacious bevy of bluebonnets at a Bevo-loving neighbor’s house last week. What springtime beauty!… Read More
Willow City Loop wows with Texas wildflowers
A Willow City Loop wildflower drive offers spectacular hilltop views, canyons, and wildflowers galore along roadsides and in pastures.… Read More
More Texas wildflower joy near Independence
The wildflower-filled fields, farms, and ranches between Giddings and Independence make up some of the prettiest country in Texas.… Read More
Wildflowers and miniature donkeys near Independence
I hit the back roads east of Austin, near Independence, Texas, and what a bonanza of bluebonnets and other wildflowers I saw. Plus donkeys!… Read More
An extravaganza of bluebonnets and other Texas wildflowers
Bluebonnets are coloring fields a month early, already at peak in certain areas. So I grabbed my camera and drove the back roads to see them.… Read More
Last of the bluebonnets in Ruthie’s garden
Whenever there’s a chance to show more bluebonnets, show more bluebonnets. These soften a rock wall in Ruthie Burrus’s Austin garden.… Read More
Fields awash in Texas bluebonnets and other wildflowers
It’s bluebonnet season in Texas. Along the back roads of tiny Industry, TX, I found farmsteads in rolling fields of denim blue.… Read More
Fields of bluebonnet dreams
It’s bluebonnet season in Texas! While the consensus is that wildflowers are paltry this spring because of drought, even a poor bluebonnet year is a good year. … Read More
Bluebonnet safari in Round Top and Brenham
I cruised the back roads of Round Top and Brenham on Tuesday, hunting bluebonnets. Right away I found several good fields of blue.… Read More
Early spring blooms and Athena the owl at Wildflower Center
Late-admission hours to the Wildflower Center offer better light for photography, and you have a better chance of seeing wildlife.… Read More
Killdeer in the bluebonnets
A bluebonnet field of dreams made a classic photo op for our Italian exchange student, and we found a killdeer had gotten there first.… Read More
Bonnie bluebonnets and a polyphemus moth
April 05, 2018 Who knew a patch of bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis) by the front door could bring so much joy? Well, probably lots of Texans. It is our state flower, and we all take pictures of our kids and dogs … Read More