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P50Juan
...and a god-awful Governor and U.S. Senators so when it is cold we all lose power for a week.
MrZev
Can confirm, drove to Austin last week... It is currently bluebonnet season.
MyCatsNameIsPotato
Texan here! Bluebonnets and wildflowers were planted on roadsides to boost driver morale! Also bluebonnet season=hidden rattlesnake season.
ConfettiPanda
Every Texan should take their hat off to Lady Bird Johnson.
stairwaytoheaven99
As a non-American, is this a flower that grows in the wild? Or is it grown by farmers? :)
antarcticgecko
It’s a wildflower! The state seeds it along highways and individuals with acreage like to seed their properties but it has no monetary value
stairwaytoheaven99
Nice! I can understand why! Very beautiful! Thanks for the answer!
fmcmp
Wow! I’d forgotten how beautiful they are spread out in a big field
ConfettiPanda
I think I’m the one Texan who likes Indian Paintbrushes more. I love their flame color.
yourlilemogirl
I wish I could see those. All i ever find are the Indian Blankets (they look like lil red/yellow/brown suns)
ConfettiPanda
With the big fuzzy center, right? They are pretty too. My neighborhood had several patches of buttercups this week. So buttery yellow.
ConfettiPanda
But my neighbors are lawn lovers so they were mowed. I wish xeriscaping would be more popular here. ☹️
whataburgerfanboy
As a former Texan I must agree!
ChorizoPig
It's kind of traditional to take a picture of your kids or dogs in the bluebonnets.
ChorizoPig
That's my Porkshire Terrier, Chorizo, right before Easter a couple of years ago.
andrewedf10
hilarious costumes you get for chorizo. bet he gets a good laugh at Halloween.
L1NS4S4URUS
the lil specs of red are what I think are called Indian Paintbrushes
ConfettiPanda
Yup! They’re my favorite wildflower.
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Colorado really doesn't have springtime. We have MUD with alternating days of winter and summer until one day summer STICKS.
oprahslovechild
In Texas and that looks like my backyard!
Flyman90
Aaron Watson - Bluebonnet, maybe someone will like it..
tiderfish
Might want to start acknowledging winter now
AnAliyAiden
nonCanadianGoose
Hurricanes occur far more often
Imalwaysready
I think the harsh winter killed bluebonnet season around here. Only seen very sparse bluebonnet patches so far this year.
ConfettiPanda
It wouldn’t surprise me. The patches I’ve seen have been smaller. I’m also worried we’ll have a buggy summer due to less bats. Many did not
ConfettiPanda
Survive the storm. :(
DocMilsap
Plenty of them around Austin and Temple two weeks ago.
Imalwaysready
I'm in Austin and I haven't seen many at all. Certainly not the photo-worthy fields of them I usually find.
nzconcon
I think you may be mistaken. It's family photo season.
artifactcreature
KuroNeko00
In Canada we have 'not quite winter', 'winter', 'still winter', and 'construction'.
KnobRider
I'm a florist and I'd love to see this! Got so many ideas of what to create! Hugs from Norway
Ramelon
Very difficult to grow as a garden beauty: they need rough treatment to germinate. Because they're Texans, of course.
antarcticgecko
Come and see us now! (And don’t pick them off private property, public property is ok)
OtisTheTownDrunk
Spring and Bluebonnet season are not two separate seasons.
Gamemaster64
thomasbaekgaard
In Denmark we have windy fall and rainy fall. And they mix.
UnkindledOne
Texans when some yuppie comes onto their private property to pick blue bonnets:
autisticcatlady
state flower, it is actually illegal to pick them (not that it is enforced)
ConfederacyOfDunces
@op are these your pics? Are they from this year? I was under the impression this would be a low-bluebonnet year due to dry winter.
Ghode
None of these pics are new, its just pinterest leaking onto imgur again
ConfederacyOfDunces
Ah. Alas.
ConfederacyOfDunces
Would love to know where these were taken if they're current!
tr26
It’s been decent so far, haven’t seen the paintbrush nearly as much though. Told that marble falls is excellent, and near longhorn cavern.
autisticcatlady
ours bloomed beautifully, and the prickly pears are covered with buds, gotta admit i was surprised too, but delighted
noebe
I live in Austin and honestly I adore the land, but dislike the people. Worst drivers as well. Zero observation.
Aaronb1138
Lived in Austin for about 5 years. After years of driving in DFW where speeding and aggression are valued Austin felt like herding sheep.
LutraLazuli
Texas during the spring time has its own beauty
FormerlySable
Yep. For the two to three short weeks that it lasts!
jmzero
I believe that is the only place on Earth bluebonnets grow, and once a year they come and go.
FormerlySable
No, they do grow outside state lines, but we like to think they don’t. The central TX terrain is the best for growing them, though.
jmzero
Who am I going to believe - you, or Emmylou Harris :)
ostater
Everything tastes better with blue bonnet on it
Oggerschummer
Sitting101
STUPID
ThenWhatHappened
You mean blue bell
NutellaJar0
Except waffles
qPRdxH4UXm36HS9rJgLA
I had a local beer made with blue bonnets here and I wasn't a fan
NeoHelios
PSA in TX it is illegal to pick bluebonnets from the wild (at least in the 80's. This might have changed)
NeoHelios
Ahh here we go, CLARIFICATION: https://takecareoftexas.org/hot-wire/it-illegal-pick-bluebonnets
ktncuteness
Bluebonetts, Shiner Beer and HEB! Great... now I miss Texas :(
DToddBenson
Me too, man. Feel like I’m living in exile.
idownvotemeanies
Don’t. It’s an absolute shit show here now with Abbott and Cruz running around. I genuinely miss Bush. I never thought I’d say that.
JeffreyCarroll
Whataburger?
cerberusVIII
Don't forget about buccees!
ktncuteness
I actually have a Buccees Texas shape bottle opener on my Keychain. That place is HUGE!!! Over 100 gas pumps!!
ktncuteness
*Buc-ee's
rozwell51
Or Blue Bell ice cream
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rozwell51
But it was tasty listeria. I lived in South Carolina when that happened and zI was so bummed that we couldn't get it for the longest time
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Beardedagentman
My wife is a Texan. My first trip to see her family was during blue bonnet sn. I still don't understand why we had to take pics by the road.
AstroINTJ
You just gotta
serepta
If you have to ask the question you won’t understand the answer
chewybacon
State law bro. It’s like driving by cows and saying “cows”.
silentwolf1999
I prefer saying moo moos
tegfdd77
Well if “cows” is good enough for the Queen...
yoginioftruth
Bless your heart
GinM17
It's a Texas thang. ?♀️
thisusernameisavailable
I moved here last summer. Thought it was a tall tale. Nope, just passed someone pulled over off the highway to take pics recently
orivalx
It's just tradition, it's always by a super loud heavy traffic road and no one can hear shit. Then you all get mexican food after
silentwolf1999
Or Buc-ees.
PictureArchiver
That is because your wife married a man with the sense of romance of a mass shooting.
HeyItsJP
symphonictubanoise
???
Beardedagentman
Well this seems aggressive.
PictureArchiver
It only seems aggressive until you compare it to Texans taking a lot of opportunities to take the second amendment and blowing people away 1
PictureArchiver
wholesale. In that context my comment is motherfucking milquetoast. 2
ktncuteness
It's a must when in Texas!! I did the same with my husband and he loved it, he had never seen bluebonnets before.
Beardedagentman
Oh don't get me wrong, I thought it was fun and then seeing the random people in fields taking pics the rest of the trip....
Habfan18
I get the feeling you’re replying to your husband
BirdsInTheTrapSingMcnight
Go habs go
Beardedagentman
Allison?
ktncuteness
ktncuteness
Soon to be ex-husband!
Beardedagentman
We can work this out!
ktncuteness
rmsrmsrms38
Wrong. In texas there are only two seasons. "Hot" and "less hot"...
UnkindledOne
Agreed. Yes we froze over for a while but that is abnormal. It's usually hotter than Lena Paul in this bitch
Herperchick
I live in Texas and I'm from Arizona. Texas gets cold. Hell it's cold today, had a sweater to go to the store.
Theycallmemrtim
Unless you live anywhere north of say...Lubbock-ish and you get freezing and snowy winters
jrogon5
Bonus year, got freeze your nuts off.
SmokyDoggg
I dunno this winter really qualified for so "less hot" that we basically froze for a week
WhyWhatWhereandWTF
Bingo. I call them Sprummerfall and Winterish
FelixTheAnimator
It is way colder today than its supposed to be!
NoodlesWthADHD
People literally froze to death.
cuddlydingo
The third is "Allergy."
ethicallysourcedcannedtuna
Im currently wearing a sweater in Dallas so not really.
BenderBendingRodriguex
Technically Any place on earth can be called "hot" and "less hot"
jbcars4life
Except this winter when they got crippled
venomlash
In Wichita Falls there's "summer" during spring and fall, "fall" during winter, and "broiling inferno" during summer.
PontiacDude
In Houston it’s hot and hot with hurricanes
quitepossiblygettingold
And frozen water lines every 50 years or so
mendrak
And the 1 in 100 year floods that happen every year now...
yourlostcarkey
It’s April 16 and 49 degrees today in the middle of Texas. Chilly.
ivybridge114
This is exactly why I tell people I moved north from texas
saltreplacement
Be gentle, they just moved here
ThrownClub
You have clearly never been to Texas.
Mdgmm9
In Houston, we have Hot and humid then Devil’s butthole hot.
LadyStormdance
The lower 2/3rds of Florida are too.
georgedragonslayer
Yep
instanoodles
sounds fucking awful
franklydizzy
Depends on what side of the state you're on. We're huge and have major differences.
doktorivan210
If you pack the same for, say, April or November in Amarillo and San Antonio, you're gonna have a bad time.
matthiasfactor
I mean...no. During winter it gets down in the 40s and 30s routinely.
thesupersonic
For like 2 weeks in December
matthiasfactor
Lol no not at all.
fongquardt
That counts as less hot!
meisa1291
What about "road construction"?
FormerlySable
They do that year-round in most of TX. Really. Winter is usually not bad enough to stop construction.
TinFoilKat
I love how mild Texan winters are
badguinevere
Summer, and mild summer.
FormerlySable
I say we have “summer” and “not summer.”
CargoManshark
In live in AZ and that's our seasons too, but at least TX gets blue bonnets, that shits goddamn beautiful.
Pherlin
Yea but Arizona gets to melt tires in the sun so that's cool...
Mirilali
when the street bubbles on its own is when you know it's time to cook lunch... it'll be done in 5 minutes
mountainjedi
AZ is summer and almost summer
Jusmar
New Summer +
CargoManshark
I've always thought of it as summer and extra summer.
Jusmar
AZ, at least you're not new Mexico
Mirilali
So only Northern New Mexico gets the yearly snow? (like AZ)
Jusmar
I just drove through there on a cross country trip and man it was dull in comparison to AZ