06 April 2015

April 2015 Showers of Flowers

The April Flowers of Spring 2015 have got to be the "Two Hundred Year Flood" of Wildflowers!

Once in a while everything falls together so perfectly... Rain and Sun... last freezing weather! It's a MIRACLE! Come Witness the Beauty of the 2015 WILDFLOWER Season in the TEXAS HILL COUNTRY!

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

A Texas Back-road with a profusion of bluebonnets as far as the eye can see!
Beautiful! Beautiful Texas Bluebonnets!
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and give strength to body and soul alike. - John Muir


A scenic Texas back-road near Fredericksburg, Tx lined with bluebonnets and Mexican Poppies.
The Number One TEXAS Roadside Attraction

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.
- John Harrigan

Fields of snow white poppies.
Mexican Poppies on the Back-roads of Texas!
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau

The Two-Hundred Year Flood of Texas Bluebonnets!
Restore Your Soul... Find a View!

Experience the BACK-ROADS of the TEXAS Hill Country! Fredericksburg, Tx to Mason on Hwy 87.
Joie de Vivre! Indulge! Renew! Live Well! 

A Texas Bluebonnet Close Up... this fat, healthy flower is a deep blue with vibrant purple points.
Texas Bluebonnets

A meadow of purple verbena stretches out beside the Pedernales Cellars Tasting Room near Fredericksburg, Tx.
Purple Verbena

A sandy, red dirt road winds through Mason County Texas. Bluebonnets beside the road are thick and deep blue!
Mason County Red Dirt Roads

Red and Pink Corn Poppies at Becker Vineyards next to the lavender fields. Beautiful contrast of purple and red!
Corn Poppies at Becker Vineyards

Scarlet Corn Poppies on a cedar fence at Wildseed Farms near Fredericksburg, Tx. A field of multi-colored corn poppies is in the background.
Corn Poppies at Wildseed Farms

A field of deep scarlet corn poppies at Becker Vineyards near Fredericksburg, Tx
Fields Where Scarlet Poppies Run

Orange, pink, yellow and green... the Indian Paintbrush Wildflower has the colors of a sunset in every blossom!
Indian Paintbrush
The Texas Wildflower, Indian Paintbrush, has the colors of a sunset in every blossom!

The Delicate pink blossoms of the Primrose flutter on the spring breezes.
Wild Primrose

The wild phlox are deep pink with a burst of white around the center...a small red star surrounded by yellow.
Phlox

Hot Pink Wild Phlox on a back-road near Fredericksburg, Texas!
Hot Pink Phlox on the Back-Roads Near Fredericksburg, Texas!

A close up of an open hot-pink phlox flower and an opening bud. The geometry at the center of each is amazing... stars and pinwheels!
Think About How Many Flowers Have Stars at Their Centers!

A rabbit's view of a phlox flower and opening bud. The geometry at the center of each is amazing... STARS and PINWHEELS in the Wildflowers of Texas!





A field of purple verbena... the whole hillside is awash in the luscious lavender-blue.
Prairie Verbena at Pedernales Cellars Near Fredericksburg, Tx







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