Bluebonnets

May 14

I am thankful for Texas bluebonnets. Three times out of the past twelve years I have made trips to Texas to photograph bluebonnets and Texas wildflowers. Since I went to graduate school for a couple of years at University of Texas at Austin, Bebe and I have been interested in the colorful display every spring along the roadsides, wooded areas, and in the hill country in Texas. Bluebonnets, of course, are our favorites. The bluebonnet, a lupine, is the state flower of Texas. I overheard a local resident saying he wished all the bluebonnets would die because they brought in so many tourists. I'm sure it's inconvenient to the locals, but we out of towners enjoy it immensely. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This photo was taken in the hill country near Llano along a drive called the Willow City Loop. It is a road that circles around farmland, mountain-like terrain, and streams. My sister Mary Beth and I have taken this drive twice now and enjoyed it both times.

bluebonnets

with a bonnet of blue

there’s no other flower

of that particular hue

and such a popularity shower

if i were to write a sonnet

it would include the famous name

the name of bluebonnet

the texas flower of acclaim.

© rt tulley

May 14b

i give you this bluebonnet

i give you this bluebonnet

to show you my love

i want you to hold on it

forever in love

take this ole bluebonnet

and prosper your love

i want us to build on it

a bluebonnet chain of love

bluebonnet

my token to thee

i want us to cherish it

and for it always to be

i want us to die together

this bluebonnet held in our arms

linking us with bluebonnet chains

protecting us from every harm.

© rt tulley