The Cure For Your Bluebonnet Blues ​

How to survive a weak wildflower season

I drove to Austin last week to be interviewed for a news feature about Buda's 1926 Flapper Bandit. Filled with the spirit of the season, I packed my camera and two spare batteries.   Because of my illness, I missed out on wildflowers last year so I was loaded for bear, longing for our state flower's signature Sweet Tart fragrance and shocking flashes of blue.   I paid no mind to the fact that bluebonnets, in fact, don't care one iota about my needs. They care about creating more bluebonnets. Clever little seeds relax all winter long, waiting for rain to erode their hard outer coating.   If sufficient winter rain scarifies the seeds, we get mesmerizing blankets of blue. If it does not, we get throw pillow-size stands of flowers rather than acres of magic.   The latter, I'm afraid, is what I saw all around Austin. Live Oak County has some roadside blooms. Northern Bexar County does, too. East Texas may fare better.    The reality of our beloved buffalo clover is this: fewer bluebonnets now means more bluebonnets later. Think of all the dormant seeds lying in wait to wow us when the time is right, as they did in 2014-15.   In the lean years, I rely on iconic Texas paintings to remind me of springs past and the magic that lies ahead. Texans have been scratching their bluebonnet itch for a century through art.   Now, I can't afford to own a Porfirio Salinas or an Onderdonk and, statistically speaking, most of y'all can't either. But... ... with limited edition fine art prints, we can all immerse ourselves in the wonder of bluebonnet patches as seen through the eyes of Julian Onderdonk.    This is a set of two prints, carefully selected from Onderdonk's body of sublime works, to cure your bluebonnet blues. Onderdonk died young, only painting Texas wildflowers for thirteen springs.   You can learn more about his life and scratch this uniquely Texan itch by clicking the link below. CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOURS I am cheering for the pinks, yellows, and reds to make a good showing later in the spring but little on God's green earth rivals a showy bluebonnet season and nothing ever will.   God & Texas, Michelle

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