Saturday, April 5, 2008

Springtime in Austin

I came home today from a few days in Tucson, which is an attractive desert town, but was charmed to see how green Austin is now by contrast. And colorful. Lots of flowers out, shrubs blooming, etc.


Here is a shot a professional photographer took of blue bonnets in the Hill Country. I haven't seen quite this many in town but the sides of the freeway between UT and our house has some patches almost this big.

Here is a shot of the flowering hedge in our front year. The front lawn has greened up, too, so just now we look more than an oasis than a desert.

The next shot is of two bushes, one flowering, one just colorful in our backyard. They frame a plastic pink flamingo that we short of inherited from the previous owners. The flamingo has just sort of stayed put while things grew around him.

 The next shows primroses blooming in our very own backyard. They are much thicker some other places, like along the highways, but our backyard is pretty shaded. Nice for keeping the sun away, not so good for flowers.


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