I saw my first bluebonnets yesterday in Central Texas.

[efhmc]

That was a joyous sight.

[flying_wahini]

1. We have had lots of rain and warmer than usual weather this year so hope it's a

Bumper crop this year!

[irisblue]

2. Pictures please?

My eyes could use some color.

[efhmc]

4. Will take pics when I go back out soon but sorry no

internet where I am going. Maybe when I get back tomorrow.

[Gothmog]

3. I saw some on the way into work today

[efhmc]

5. In Austin?

Or elsewhere? Mine were between Killeen and Georgetown off of 195.

[Gothmog]

6. Houston on the West Park tollway access road

[efhmc]

8. Used to live on that side of Houston.

I miss so many things about Houston. Food, culture, diversity of people and ideas and activities. In a right wing small town now and it stinks in many ways. There are some nice people, all Dems, of course.

[Gothmog]

10. Houston and Harris County turned blue in 2016

There are some great things about Houston

[efhmc]

11. But it has alawys been diverse and

as far back as I can remember we had Dem mayors, even if they do not run as Dems.

[TexasBushwhacker]

25. Harris County has been blue since 2008

We've elected several Democratic mayors too.

[Gothmog]

26. The down ballot races were not all blue in 2008

In 2016 we won all of the down ballot races

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. Ah! Good point n/t

[pnwmom]

19. Some relatives live

in San Angelo. I don't think I could stand it there.

[efhmc]

24. It is not a good place for people with

liberal thoughts about anything.

[jpak]

7. My daffodils and crocuses are under 3 feet of snow

[efhmc]

9. My daffodills and paperwhites are all gone.

Will your flowers last through the snow? Just remember to make fun of me when it hits 100+ for a week.

[LeftInTX]

12. A neighbor planted daffodills

I think their blooms lasted a day. All I saw were leaves with blasted off blooms.

Blue bonnets out in full force - San Antonio.

There is a small medical clinic with a small adjacent vacant lot. The owner probably seeds it, because the vacant lot is beautiful and perfect for photo-ops.

[efhmc]

13. I have an old house and those plants are naturalized so the paperwhite lasts for

about a month. The daffodils not so long.

[Phentex]

14. We're into the pollen season already...

and stuff is popping out everywhere. Azaleas, daffodils, pear trees, red buds, tulips. Spring has sprung.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. While some of the snowbanks are melting now here in New York.

[efhmc]

18. Just in time for the march?

I love spring but it is too soon here and lasts for a flash.

[Kali]

16. the turkey vultures have arrived in Texas Canyon

it must be spring!

[efhmc]

17. Do they ever go away?

Turkey buzzards?

[tanyev]

20. That calls for some Nanci Griffith.

[efhmc]

22. That is much better than the wimpy picture I took late yesterday.

Trying to share with out of state Texans.

[sl8]

21. I've always heard "everything's better with bluebonnet on it"

I just never realized that included Texas.

[efhmc]

23. So cute but I like real butter.

Fattening French.

[yellowdogintexas]

28. my first sighting today in Fort Worth, alongside Interstate 20 where it meets I-35 W.

It will be a good weekend to go south and look for big swaths of them to photograph.

My favorite is when the Indian Paintbrush and the Indian Blankets pop up about 2 weeks into the bluebonnet period.

Bluebonnets actually have a long bloom show. Usually the fields look pretty good for 3 weeks or so

There are huge patches up around DFW airport on the big freeway which runs up the middle.

When the landscapers come in after a new road is built, wildflowers are mixed in with the grass. As a general rule, the grass isn't cut until the flowers have dropped their seeds. This year's bluebonnets are growing from the seeds dropped in 2016. Other flowers are annuals.

[efhmc]

29. Please share when you get some pics.

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Long ago, I remember my mom fighting the highway department about cutting the roadsides too soon for the seeds to set. Lady Bird got involved and we had planting and no cutting. LB's legacy and the work of others like her lives on.