A week ago today, I took a drive along Highway 290, west of my house, out to Chappell Hill, Texas, to see the bluebonnets in peak bloom. I couldn't find a friend who had time to tag along, so I decided to share some of my photos here. I left after dropping my daughter off at high school, and made it back in time to pick her up. I took only photos--stopping wherever the flowers caught my eye. It was breathtakingly beautiful near Chappell Hill, Texas, where these photos were shot.
A close-up of Indian Paintbrush.
Many fields were blanketed with yellow butterweed (closeup above).
Of course, the bluebonnets are always a breath-taking sight:
And I even stumbled across the rare wild tuba, just beginning to unfurl its large, brassy bell!
You don't see tubas in bloom every day!
