Another dense wildflower colony
Between Lockhart and Delhi (not the one in India) on March 5th we stopped for this roadside vista. I take the yellow flowers to be Texas groundsel (Senecio ampullaceus), though most of the plants were shorter than what I’m used to for that species. The lavender-colored flowers are some kind of vetch (Vicia sp.), and the orange ones are Indian paintbrushes (Castilleja indivisa).
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Portraits of Wildflowers 
Amazingness seems to be everywhere these days. It’s been a while since I looked at my spam file, and look what I found: “The Amazingness lets you get even more performed in less time, without all the stress and anxiety.” That was only one of a multitude. Here’s a slogan for our day: “Bots of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your creativity.”
I much prefer that glorious patch of yellow. Most of the vetch I’ve seen in the past week has been on the way out, but it certainly provides a nice counterpoint here.
shoreacres
March 10, 2023 at 6:35 AM
Ah, so you got yourself some of that amazing Amazingness too. I wonder if we all did.
Like the vetch you saw in your peregrinations, the vetch in this picture also seemed a little past its prime. I liked it for its complementary color, even if faint.
Steve Schwartzman
March 10, 2023 at 8:18 AM
Those little pops of purple and red throughout the field are wonderful.
circadianreflections
March 10, 2023 at 7:56 AM
No weasels inhabit the area so I let the vetch and paintbrush do the popping.
Steve Schwartzman
March 10, 2023 at 8:20 AM
I have an amazing and efficient likingness for “a haze of efficiency, clarity and happiness.”
Robert Parker
March 10, 2023 at 8:03 AM
If the trend catches on, people who are often in a haze can happily fend off criticism by pointing out how efficient they are.
Steve Schwartzman
March 10, 2023 at 8:21 AM
I got some amazing Amazingness from your photo of the wildflowers. 🙂
Gallivanta
March 10, 2023 at 8:12 PM
That’s an appropriate place to get it.
Steve Schwartzman
March 10, 2023 at 9:55 PM
Hmm…well, the expanse of groundsel has plenty of ‘Amazingness’! I think your spam is more amusing than mine, hehe!
Ann Mackay
March 11, 2023 at 10:43 AM
Maybe you have to pay for a WordPress upgrade to get more-amusing spam. (Actually not, as I’ve always been on the free plan.)
Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 9:36 AM
LOL!
Ann Mackay
March 13, 2023 at 5:03 AM
For some reason, possibly apparent, vetch always reads first for me as kvetch.
Steve Gingold
March 11, 2023 at 6:38 PM
I like the subtlety of your “possibly apparent.” Did you know that the original meaning of kvetch was ‘squeeze’?
Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 9:49 AM
I did not but I guess a kvetcher could squeeze a bit of discomfort out of the kvetchee.
Steve Gingold
March 16, 2023 at 6:18 PM
That is a packed colony. Plenty of Amazingness.
Alessandra Chaves
March 11, 2023 at 10:16 PM
Amazingness has been in good supply here lately, wildflower-wise.
Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 9:50 AM
That’s great. Here there’s cold and rain.
Alessandra Chaves
March 12, 2023 at 7:57 PM
And flooding, from what I’ve seen on the news:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/12/us/california-atmospheric-river-flood-sunday/index.html
Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Not here in the Central Valley as yet.
Alessandra Chaves
March 12, 2023 at 8:25 PM
For your sake, let’s hope it stays that way.
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Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 8:35 PM
The expanse of gold punctuated with orange and lavender is beautiful, Steve. Thank you for stopping and taking that photo!
The SPAM folder fills up with amazing stuff. 🙂
Lavinia Ross
March 12, 2023 at 12:44 PM
And sometimes spam proliferates as fast as Texas wildflowers in the spring.
Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 4:04 PM
SPAM is more like dodder.
Lavinia Ross
March 12, 2023 at 4:09 PM
That’s a good comparison. Dodder has been a favorite photo subject of mine, thanks to the intricacy of its strands.
Steve Schwartzman
March 12, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Not yet finding any spring colors in this part of the country, I’m impressed by (and envious of) the beauty and vibrancy of your wildflower colony.
I’m also impressed that you actually read your spam messages. I don’t, though yours prove that there is some amusement to be had in their Amazingness.
tanjabrittonwriter
March 13, 2023 at 9:04 AM
As you noted, spring has sprung here, wildflowerly speaking. One spring you’ll have to come down and see them, along with your beloved birdies (https://travisaudubon.org/popular-birding-sites-in-austin).
I occasionally look through my spam because every so often WordPress mistakenly sends a legitimate comment there, and I feel I owe a reply to each person who comments.
Steve Schwartzman
March 13, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Until our own spring makes an appearance, I will have to enjoy it vicariously through my fellow bloggers.
I have no doubt that Austin has many lovely wildflower and birding spots, as do many other destinations in Texas. If I ever get organized enough to visit, I might not want to leave again!
It’s thoughtful of you not to want to miss any misdirected “legitimate” comments. I hate to miss them, too, but have a tendency to forget to check the spam folder, so by the time I do, it often contains several hundred messages, and I’m simply too lazy to scan every one.
tanjabrittonwriter
March 13, 2023 at 12:13 PM