#bluebonnets

[camelidae]

According to unicorns, all you need in life is good grazing, good grooming and good company - it's nice when you can find them all in one field.

[peaceinthestorm]

Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922, American) ~ Texas Landscape with Bluebonnets, n/d

[Source: Heritage Auctions]

[seasonalwonderment]

~ Bluebonnets in Bloom ~

[engelart]

“Springtime near San Antonio“ 16 x 20, oil on canvas 2010 by Norman Engel

[sumheavyocean]

Posting these from

Seeing the first bluebonnets of the season today so I’m posting this one from a couple years ago while I wait for the fields to become more photogenic

[lilybug-02]

Texas Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis) Spring 2025

I’ve said this before, but bluebonnets are my favorite flower. They are Texas’ state flower and only bloom one time out of the year, from March to May.

They smell like sweet pollen and have an interesting pedal folding mechanism. Video of that below :)

[adolaya-magnifies-the-wild]

❈𝑩𝑬𝑨𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑭𝑼𝑳 𝑩𝑶𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑺❈

𝑻𝑬𝑿𝑨𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑩𝑶𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑻 ~ 𝑳𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒏𝒔

𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔: 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒂

𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓: 𝑭𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒔

𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚: 𝑭𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒆

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔: 𝑳𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒔

𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆: 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈

The velvet-like petals, contrasting white banners, and subtle pinkish markings tucked between the blooms. What looks like a simple blue flower from across a field turns into a collection of colors, textures, and patterns.

Photographing them up close made me appreciate them in a completely different way.

⚘ 𝓐𝓭𝓸𝓵𝓪𝔂𝓪 𖤜 𝓘𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮𝓻𝔂 ⚘

❈ 𝟒/𝟔/𝟐𝟔

𖥸 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒕, 𝑻𝒙

[leemarkies]

bluebonnets 📍 brenham, texas