How blessed we are as Americans to live in such a resourceful and diverse country.  From the rolling Appalachian Mountains, to the plains of the Midwest, to the Rocky Mountains and deserts of the west, the list is endless.  Always a new scene.  Always a new measure of how we, as photographers, can create the ultimate image.  The bluebonnet is one of the biggest springtime attractions in Central Texas.

The Texas state flower is  as familiar a symbol of Texas as the Lone Star, Longhorn cattle, cowboy boots, or oil wells.  As the oft-quoted historian Jack Maguire puts it, the "bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland."

Bluebonnet Season: The blooms first start appearing along roadways and in meadows throughout the Texas hill country in March, reaching their peak in April.  There are several varieties of bluebonnet in the state but the Lupinus texensis, found all over Central Texas, is the showiest and most attractive species.  From late March through April and into May bluebonnets can be seen along highways and country roads and in parks throughout the area.  Texas was the first state in America to plant its roadways with flowers and now everyone can enjoy bluebonnets found along thousands of miles of Texas highways.