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Texas bluebonnets are coloring fields and roadsides a month early this year, and they’re already at peak in certain areas. I follow Facebook page Texas Wildflower Report each spring to learn where good fields have been spotted. And so when I found myself with a free afternoon on Wednesday, I grabbed my camera, hopped in the car, and swung through downtown Austin to pick up my husband from a SXSW event. Then we drove southwest to tiny Marion and New Berlin, about 30 miles east of San Antonio, to see what we could find along the back roads.
We found a motherlode of bluebonnets in Marion.
Their sweet scent on the warm breeze made me remember other good years for wildflower safaris.
Next we spotted a few Oreo cows — Belted Galloways — grazing in a field. A furry calf was curious about us as I snapped some photos.
His mom was obviously used to the paparazzi.
More denim-blue fields appeared.
This bluebonnet road was on private property, so I just enjoyed the view from outside the fence. That’s the cardinal rule of wildflower peeping in Texas: you stay on the public right-of-way, and no traipsing through the flowers. Pick them only with your eyes. Bring them home only on your camera.
When we reached New Berlin, we found some colorful fields.
Yellow coreopsis (I think) makes the bluebonnets even bluer and the Texas paintbrush even redder.
Such a pretty combo
Horses and wildflowers — another good combo
In this excellent field, paintbrush and bluebonnets appeared in long, rolling waves.
Indian paintbrush
One more
A longer view
Wild phlox added a purple streak here and there.
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