Our Little Bluebonnet

The Bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas. I found this quote by historian Jack Maguire when looking for a link to post about Bluebonnets:"It's not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat. The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland."

It is very uncommon these days to find rolling fields of Bluebonnets, as they're pretty scarce, at least in our area, though it is a common tradition for Texans to plop their children in a Bluebonnet patch to snap a few pictures. Which is what we did on Saturday.

We had scoped out this location a few weeks prior and could see the blue patches starting to sprout which indicated it was going to be a pretty good spot. We were right, though the better patch was inevitably also being visited by a couple of bees, which made our pictures there very brief. We tried to be very careful and not trample the flowers, choosing to set her in an empty patch here and there, and watching where we stepped. The Bluebonnets are so beautiful and are only here for a few weeks so we didn't want to ruin the beauty for everyone else.

She was much more interested in looking at the flowers and grass than us, so we couldn't get great shots of her beautiful blue eyes, which is what I was hoping for. Apparently she thought it was kind of icky and was mostly complaining about sitting there. We still managed to get some good shots, nonetheless.