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blue-(and maroon!!)-bonnets

April 2010- It is springtime in Texas and in a good year that means my favorite wildflower- BLUEBONNETS!!!

When we first moved here we discovered a few seed packets for bluebonnets in our boxes when we were unpacking. One was for Aggie Maroon bonnets. So we planted (i.e. tossed them on the ground and completely neglected them) at our gate. We've been so dry and drought stricken until this year that we kind of forgot about them. This year the winter rain and cold came in the right combination for them to sprout. So we have just a few lonely maroon bonnets at the gate and Pecos had to check them out and share them with you.

And here is the one and only Indian Paintbrush flower that bloomed for us this year along with one of the very few bluebonnets we have on the property:
Since we don't have many of our own bluebonnets we found a patch of nice thick ones in Doss for this photo:

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