Pilgrimage

Tuesday, Honey and I made our annual trip to see the Bluebonnets.  We drove from home to Conroe, where we picked up State Hwy 105 through Navasota and Washington-on-the-Brazos.  Then we wandered around on some farm-to-market roads and one unmarked dirt road that led to some of the best fields we saw.  We did see some pretty fields, but some that have been loaded with flowers in the past had only a few scattered bunches or none at all.

Of course, not all fields were entirely blue. Some had Indian Paintbrush:

Some provided their own variety with pale blue Bluebonnets that reminded me of faded denim:

And some had yellow and pink mixed in:

There were even Huisache trees blooming at the edge of fields adding a bright orange accent.

And then there is that  field on US 290 just east of Chappell Hill that always has families taking pictures of their kids.

I’ll bet if you came by that field at 3 a.m. on a school night you would find some fool out there with a kid and a camera.

I didn’t take this last picture, but had to include it.  It was taken at the state salt-water fish hatchery at Sea Center Texas, in Lake Jackson:

Those bright maroon flowers are Aggie Bluebonnets developed at Texas A&M.