A huge bluebonnet colony
At the intersection of Watterson Rd, and FM 535 in rural Bastrop County on March 19th
we contemplated a field-filling colony of Texas bluebonnets (Lupinus texensis).
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Amazing
beth
March 23, 2023 at 5:34 AM
Even out in the country, away from any well-trafficked roads, people somehow kept finding their way to this site and stopping for pictures.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 7:02 AM
The sky is as breathtaking as the fields of bluebonnets!
lljostes
March 23, 2023 at 8:04 AM
No way was I not going to incorporate those clouds into some of my pictures of the bluebonnet colony.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 8:19 AM
Beautiful colony with bonus clouds.
Alessandra Chaves
March 23, 2023 at 8:14 AM
We’ve had some attractive clouds lately. I’ve photographed them in their own right as abstractions and also used them to set off some of my wildflower scenes.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 8:20 AM
Wow! A carpet of flowers that has remained untouched by farming, ranching and urban development!
Peter Klopp
March 23, 2023 at 8:55 AM
People from that area told us the bluebonnets there hadn’t been that good in years or even decades. It’s the nature of nature to vary.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 9:35 AM
That is an incredible field of Bluebonnets!
Those clouds really make that a special image.
Wally Jones
March 23, 2023 at 9:43 AM
Yes to both.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 10:57 AM
Oh wowza! You are having a superbloom! All that rain sure paid off for wildflowers.
💜
I’m going to have to come out your way one Spring to see your TX Bluebonnets. They look gorgeous.
circadianreflections
March 23, 2023 at 11:44 AM
You should definitely come, and not for the bluebonnets alone. We have many other wildflower species of various colors, as you’ve been seeing in recent posts, and more will be coming as new species flower.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Don’t forget birds!! 😄
circadianreflections
March 23, 2023 at 12:50 PM
I don’t think of them first, the way you and other people I know do, but they’re here. Travis Audubon posts a list of good places to go watching:
https://travisaudubon.org/popular-birding-sites-in-austin
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 1:20 PM
Oh cool! Thank you for the link!!
circadianreflections
March 23, 2023 at 1:49 PM
Now all you have to do is come and put it into action.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 1:56 PM
😃
circadianreflections
March 23, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Fantastic photos, Steve, and a real thrill to see all those bluebonnets.
Jet Eliot
March 23, 2023 at 1:21 PM
For the moment everyone’s in bluebonnet heaven around central Texas. Scads of other kinds of native wildflowers have been coming up, too.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 1:25 PM
Gosh you are totally spoiled for wildflower meadows.
Heyjude
March 23, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Spoiled? Never!
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 4:37 PM
One can only bow one’s head before such an outpouring of beauty.
tanjabrittonwriter
March 23, 2023 at 4:30 PM
That’s a humble thought. I wish you could see this in person and smell the fragrance of all those bluebonnets.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 4:38 PM
For now, seeing the beauty through your images and conjuring the blossoms’ perfume has to be enough.
tanjabrittonwriter
March 23, 2023 at 5:21 PM
So be it for now.
Steve Schwartzman
March 23, 2023 at 5:43 PM
I was interested to see the cloud photos you mentioned, and these certainly don’t disappoint. The line of trees helps to communicate the size of the fields by delineating the horizon; without them, it might be hard to conceive of the size of the flower-filled fields.
shoreacres
March 24, 2023 at 5:23 AM
Relative to the first picture, the second one looks about 90° clockwise across the shorter length of the colony. As you said, the bluebonnets on the right two-thirds of the first picture seem to go on forever, which is what I wanted to convey.
Steve Schwartzman
March 24, 2023 at 9:13 AM
What an amazing expanse of flowers! The big and beautiful sky above seems to emphasise the way that the bluebonnets stretch for as far as the eye can see.
Ann Mackay
March 26, 2023 at 5:32 AM
You’ve got it: the infinite sky above, the seemingly infinite bluebonnets below.
Steve Schwartzman
March 26, 2023 at 8:16 AM
That’s a wow from me too!
Julie@frogpondfarm
March 30, 2023 at 2:06 PM
It’s been a “wow” wildflower spring so far. May it continue.
Steve Schwartzman
March 30, 2023 at 3:18 PM