The Texas state flower is the Bluebonnet which appears every spring. They blanket the roadways and are a protected species. With it comes buttercups, Indian pinks and other spring flowers. The amount of flowers will vary year to year and this year did not have a bountiful crop.
It is when the families bring out their children to take pictures in the flowers. You will see many, many pictures of children in the flowers of that spring. Some even get their pets into the action.
Back in the 80s we had a snow cover and the bluebonnets that year were the best. Mom said it was the cold covering during the snow that affected the crop. So when it snowed and remained on the ground back in our winter of 2021, I was excited because I thought we would have a wonderful crop of spring flowers. Didn't happen.
While the snow was not that deep for many people for people in South Texas it was. We have only had snow on the ground for a day at the most in the last 50+ years. This was deeper and stayed for several days.
The following pictures are from 2019 as the last few years the flowers have been less and gone too soon. I was driving around taking pictures and ended up at the cemetery and was very glad I did.
Our snow in 2021:
the business loop field of Bluebonnets
City of Floresville Lot
City of Floresville Cemetery
The city of Floresville Cemetery was blanketed in Indian Pinks, bluebonnets and a yellow flower that I don't know the name of. It was a glorious display. The one surrounded by the yellow flowers is my grandmother's parents. We still live on their land. I was born on Great Grandpa's same birthdate and he died on my mother's birthdate. For some reason I didn't take pictures of my grandparents and parents gravesites but they are in this field of Indian Pinks. It is the cemetery that our plots are located in and many other family members. Our roots go back to the mid 1800s in this area of Texas as some of Mom's family came before Texas was a Republic. My dad's mother was born here and his father journeyed in a wagon from Kentucky in 1900 as an 11 yr old with his widowed mother and his 5 siblings. As the oldest he was the man of the house.
The main highway in has some older properties. This is the median between the 4 lane highway. It is a type of Phlox and was plentiful that year.
As spring approaches, everyone gets excited when the flowers first start to appear. They don't last long but will be back again next spring.
Faye Yeager Taylor
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