Showing posts with label Texas bluebonnet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas bluebonnet. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

As the bluebonnets fade into memory...


Bluebonnet season doesn't last long, maybe a month from first pop to stragglers still hugging the roadsides. 






It creates a weird dynamic - a sense of urgency to step on the brakes... 



...to forget that you're already running late to the next somewhere... 



 ...to step outside of your normal, hurried day... 




...and just soak up the sight and smell of them, 



before it's too late. 

From top to bottom, these photos were taken at: my neighbor's yard on my way home, a field near a client's weekend home after delivering option money, the Smithwick cemetery on my way to a new listing, and Turkey Bend recreation area on Lake Travis after a Chamber of Commerce meeting down the highway. They were already past their prime; next year, I'm going there first!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Along a Texas Highway in Springtime

What I love about road trips with Tom - 
besides being with him, of course - 
is that he insists on driving, 
which means I'm free to snap photos through the window.

Such as this one of a Prowler we passed...


...and this crowd of Houston skyscrapers 
(they remind me so much of the building blocks I used to play with!)


There's something majestic and inspiring about a shaft of sunlight breaking through a bank of storm clouds...


...or setting behind a field of grazing cows.


But closer to Austin, we hit the jackpot... 

For these, Tom even pulled off the road so I could get close.  
It was a windy evening, but I'm still pleased with the shots.


Indian Paintbrushes and other pretty wildflowers just add to the beauty, I think. 

I've passed this market so many times. 
One day I want to stop and really explore it.


I was in Bluebonnet Heaven!


See?


Tom took the camera from me to snap some of his own, 
but I'm not sure which ones are his, 
so I'm claiming them all.


Especially the prettiest ones. 


Happy first day of Spring!


If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
~Audra Foveo~