Texas bluebonnets
Texas bluebonnets look like small lupines, and they grow wild along the side of roads and in field...abundantly in some places further north but a bit more scarce here.. Very pretty in masses.
We have been doing a little geocaching on the weekends..it is fun to use the GPS to locate something that someone has hidden and given you directions to go find. This one we found in a small capsule behind this soccer complex sign.
This week, however, we were too lazy to do any walking so we skipped the geocaching and just drove around a bit looking at spring in the Rio Grand Valley.
This is Texas natural land so when you see natural flowering trees or planted flowering trees, they seem more remarkable for their color and endurance.
These are tall trees that blossom for weeks
Mexican Olive
White orchid tree has been blooming since Christmas
I don't know what this is but it is just a wild tree that has been in flower for at least 2 months
mesquite
This is bourganvilla which is a bush and not a tree but it blooms all winter.
banana trees
Up close on the blossom. Huge and more purple than shows up in the photo.
This is cultivated at a persons home but there has been a study concerning raising bananas for marketing in the valley.
And this one is a papaya tree, also cultivated at home and not commercially.
I don't usually like the lawn ornaments that are quite popular here, but this one is kinda ok
This one is more typical but look to the left of the door there, she's raising a
Easter egg Christmas tree .
Gotta love those Texas trucks
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