First signs of Spring...
I walked into the back yard for a minute to check on Matt {he's on vacation this week, tinkering with his many lawn mowers} and was surprised to see the first signs of Spring creeping into our back yard. We got wee wild baby bluebonnets blooming back there. They must've just come out. I love that I can enjoy them from home. They're dotting the entire yard. Bonus: they're illegal to mow so we have to let them & the grass around them grow until after the season {whoopee}.The bluebonne
ts come out every late March - early April depending on the weather, so they don't last long, but they can spread to make such a beautiful carpet of blue! I love my home state & I love that I have a mini field of bluebonnets right off my back porch!If you're not a native Texan you can *read the Legend of the Bluebonnet here*.
posted by Emily Adams at 2:27 PM
6 Comments:
I so miss Bluebonnets. Ohio is so dreary and so not pretty right now. Aside from a good chicken fried steak I miss the bluebonnets the most.
Texas is: bluebonnets, chicken fried steak, sweet tea, big hair, lawn mower races, margaritas & salsa, a blast of air conditioning on a hot day, popsicles on the front porch, fried okra or fried jalapenos, calling people ma'am & ya'll, knowing your neighbors and going to church on a Sunday. There's nowhere else I'd rather call home!
Just an FYI from a native Texan too, it's not illegal to mow or pick bluebonnets. It's actually an urban legend. You can read about it on the TX DPS website. Love your blog!
Wow - shocker. I never questioned that when I heard it & so many people say it I assumed it was gospel truth. Well, I'm not telling Matt, because I don't want my blue babies mowed over!
They look like muscari (grape hyachinths). They're lovely.
I am so excited for the bluebonnets. I just moved here 2 years ago from Nevada (home of no flowers)! I can't wait until they are a little more bloomed to go and take pictures! First time to your blog and love it...it won't be the last time you hear from me ;)
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