Springtime in the Texasland
Apr. 1st, 2014 09:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterSpring is here. It's humid and ~70 degrees during the day.
Last spring, I bought a container of daffodil plants at the farmer's market. A small reminder of home, in Washington. I kept the pot and bulbs after the plants finished blooming, and it was exciting when the first hints of green started to appear back in January. For once, nobody came along and killed the bulbs! I really wanted to grow saffron when living in Arizona, but the saffron bulbs got evicted from their pot because I guess someone assumed everything in the pot was dead.
During the Monday Night Social Ride, we paused for a bit to take some photos among the bluebonnets:
I still prefer, and miss, the California poppies in Arizona. In springs that follow after comparatively rainy falls, hillsides will turn gold with patches of poppies. The majority of the bluebonnets and indian paintbrush in Texas have been propagated by humans. I miss the contrast of sharp rocks and wildflowers. Still, it's spring, at least.
Last spring, I bought a container of daffodil plants at the farmer's market. A small reminder of home, in Washington. I kept the pot and bulbs after the plants finished blooming, and it was exciting when the first hints of green started to appear back in January. For once, nobody came along and killed the bulbs! I really wanted to grow saffron when living in Arizona, but the saffron bulbs got evicted from their pot because I guess someone assumed everything in the pot was dead.
During the Monday Night Social Ride, we paused for a bit to take some photos among the bluebonnets:
I still prefer, and miss, the California poppies in Arizona. In springs that follow after comparatively rainy falls, hillsides will turn gold with patches of poppies. The majority of the bluebonnets and indian paintbrush in Texas have been propagated by humans. I miss the contrast of sharp rocks and wildflowers. Still, it's spring, at least.
