SPRING: South Central Texas

It’s the time of year when we have just sprung the clocks forward. That annoying measure, however, can be quickly put aside because Texas wildflowers put a smile on your face each morning, albeit an hour later.

The beautiful white flower shown is a one-off. It immediately stood out from its field of multi-cultural neighbors. I looked twice through my extensive Texas Wildflowers Field Guide without coming up with its name. I’ll try to remember to keep a special eye on it and with luck get seed it might produce.

Our crop of bluebonnets is sparse this year. Two years ago there were acres of them. I guess if they were overflowing each year we wouldn’t appreciate them so much.

As for the local animal kingdom Big Girl number two had her calf and it was a bull. Here is a good picture of him in deep thought:

“White Tail” – dubbed for his unique physical attribute – is imaged hunkered down in the grass at three weeks young. What a tough life the little but bulking-up guy has: all he has to do when hungry is to get up and go to the warm and cuddly walking food cart nearby.

Then there is edible fruit grown freely by nature: the first dewberry of the season is shown. Look at its perfect star. One of numerous beds of them is also pictured. It rained at a propitious time to cause the explosion of blossoms and very soon berries.

I’ve already worked a deal to give away a large bowl of the first-pick of fruit in exchange for another one that will be skillfully turned into a home-made pie. Yumm! [No, not by me, but by a veteran five-star pie maker.]

Once we have wildflowers of vibrant color – which have been slow to appear – I’ll come back to this and add them.