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What About those Bluebonnets....

As most everyone knows, I've recently moved from Alabama to Texas.  My husband has been trying to acquaint me with all things Texas.  I've been trying to adjust.  One thing he mentioned was how beautiful the bluebonnets were and how great they look in portraits.  He said every parent wants a photo of their child sitting in a field of bluebonnets.  Naturally, I envisioned this large flower whose beauty was beyond any flower that I have ever seen.  I purposely never looked it up on the internet because I didn't want to ruin my first impression of the bluebonnet.  For those of you who don't know, the bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas.  Please keep this in mind. So, when spring began, I earnestly looked for bluebonnets.  I asked Edward when I would see them.  He said that hopefully they would begin blooming soon, but with the weather being as dry as it had, they may not bloom as well.  There were even newspaper articles attesting to this fact. The day finally arri