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House on the Hill

The image that comes to mind when you utter the word “Texas” especially to those overseas, is a Cowboy in a Stetson. Come every March and April, even the most macho of Cowboy’s hearts melt when they see their beloved bluebonnets in bloom.

Long before digital photography came along, an article in the Texas Monthly described the phenomenon thus:

“On fine spring days when the sky is blue and decked with clouds, a peculiar exodus takes place from Texas’ cities. People pack their loved ones—babies, betrotheds, favorite aunts, pets—out to the nearest and best patch of bluebonnets, set them down amid the prodigious blue, and snap their pictures. The photos are then put in albums, slipped into wallets, framed and hung on walls, or sent to out-of-state relatives. Sometimes they are published in yearbooks or entered into photo contests. Bluebonnet snapshots are a badge of place, proof of membership in the large and otherwise amorphous Texas clan. Frequently, other props are used in snapshots to indicate classes of Texans, such as a Cadillac or an oil derrick for the rich or a flashy oversized pickup for the urban cowboy, but the bluebonnet belongs to everyone.”

Bluebonnet season is here and I took this picture early yesterday as the sun peeked next to the house on the hill in Ennis, Texas, the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas. The blooms are just starting to fill in and unfortunately there were already signs of people trampling them in the process of taking pictures of themselves, babies, pets and whatever is the word for betrotheds nowadays.

Bluebonnet season is here and I took this picture early yesterday as the sun peeked next to the house on the hill in Ennis, Texas, the Official Bluebonnet City of Texas. The blooms are just starting to fill in and unfortunately there were already signs of people trampling them in the process of taking pictures of themselves, babies, pets and whatever is the word for betrotheds nowadays.

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