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Thursday, March 31, 2011

It was wild, and there were flowers.

One thing I really love about Texas is the wildflowers. 

In the dead of summer, when you step into a parked vehicle that has been broiling on the asphalt and sit down only to be scalded by your leather seat, and when you then accidentally grab the metal part of the seat belt and immediately shriek in pain as if you had wrapped your hand around a frying pan right out of the oven, it is helpful to remember how beautiful it is here in the spring. 

The wildflowers almost make up for our sweltering summers. Almost. 

Today my mom and I visited the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center here in Austin, and as a new photographer, I was in heaven. Wildflower season is almost at it’s peak, and the photo opportunities were bountiful.  It is times like these when I consider starting a separate photo blog where it would be more appropriate to post all three hundred and eleven of the the pictures I snapped.  Or at least a third of that.  Or maybe like fifty.

Anyway. Here’s a small sampling.  If you live in Austin, now is the time to check this place out!

Wildflower Center 001 Wildflower Center 004 Wildflower Center 015 Wildflower Center 017

Wildflower Center 022 Wildflower Center 043

Wildflower Center 053

Wildflower Center 055

Wildflower Center 059

Isn’t my Mommy cute?

Wildflower Center 156 Wildflower Center 161   Wildflower Center 072

Wildflower Center 073 Wildflower Center 086 

Only in TX do you find a longhorn skull in a flower garden…

Wildflower Center 095 Wildflower Center 180 Wildflower Center 188 Wildflower Center 191 Wildflower Center 098 

Wildflower Center 100

Wildflower Center 113 Wildflower Center 119 Wildflower Center 227

Ascending the tower to view the grounds from up high…

Wildflower Center 237 Wildflower Center 239

Ha ha ha ha ha…

Wildflower Center 240 Wildflower Center 273 Wildflower Center 279 Wildflower Center 291 Wildflower Center 292

Oops.  Think I might’ve gotten a little carried away on the pictures.  But in my defense, I really DID exercise restraint. I wasn’t kidding when I said there were 311 of ‘em.

Happy Thursday evening everyone!

Ditulis Oleh : admin // 2:00 PM
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