Lupinus subcarnosus

i. am. a. nerd.

cody and i decided to go on a bluebonnet hunt yesterday. while we thought the weather was perfect, we were quickly corrected by the lady working at the ennis visitors' center. after she told us "i know it's april, cuz i'm workin' on a saturday," she gave us a quick botany lesson. apparently, the bluebonnets need a little more heat than what we've had here lately. the warmer weather makes them "pop!" (i guess that's why my parents saw bluebonnets before i did while they were down at big bend 2 weeks ago.) anyway, EVC lady did direct us out west of town a little, off of highway 34 to a park just off the lake where there was a small patch.

(sidenote - how much fun would it be to have the job of driving around texas figuring out where the wildflowers had bloomed?)

for those of you not from around here, lemme fill ya in. people in texas go CRAZY for the bluebonnets . . . especially if they are the parents of young children or are engaged. photo ops galore. since cody and i are neither of those things mentioned above, we have never had the chance to go crawl around in a field and take pictures. until yesterday. and gracious cody even let me bring the pup on our road trip. lucy was WAY more interested in the lake and the dead fish carcus that she found, but for a few minutes she did let us take a some pictures of her.

Here is a view of the little patch we found.

Apparently, a lake is way more interesting that a bunch of blue flowers.

Yep. She found a dead creature and decided to roll in the grass near it.
My dog is gross.

There was no real posing or listening to be had today.
What did I expect?
We were OUTSIDE!!! WITHOUT A LEASH!!!

Finally. She listens.