For most parts of the country spring is just beginning, but here in Texas we’ve been having spring-like weather for almost two months already. I don’t particularly love Texas or think that it’s a very attractive state in general, but even I will admit that spring in Texas is pretty great. It’s the only time that the grass is truly lush, and we get a pretty amazing assortment of wildflowers.
This spring has been particularly nice so far – temperatures are mostly in the 70’s and 80’s and we’ve gotten enough rain to keep things green but not enough to really impact our riding schedule. This probably means we’ll have a horrid summer, but I’m enjoying it while I can. The grass looks amazing, Henry is done shedding and looks sleek and shiny (yes, sadly this does mean his butt unicorns are gone), and the footing is perfect. I’ve especially been enjoying our hacks in the field lately.
Texans have this super weird tradition of plopping their kids in the bluebonnets and taking pictures, which I have never quite understood. Maybe you have to be a native to get it. But naturally SO and I (ok it was mostly me) decided to put Quinn in his best bow tie, plop his fat fuzzy ass in some bluebonnets, and take our own “kid” pictures. My fuzzy kid is way cuter than their regular kid, that’s for sure.
We’re also firmly into our show season now. Our first recognized event of the season is only 3 weeks away. Louisiana, brace yourselves for the Amanda and Bobby Shitshow invasion.
I’m sure this level of amazingness won’t last and soon I’ll be back to whining about flooding or 100+ degree temps or both, but for now… everything is beautiful and Texas doesn’t suck.
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Not even those who are native really understand the point of bluebonnet pictures but we do them almost religiously. Quinn is a cutie!
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I’m glad we’re all equally confused.
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Growing up in Texas I have lots of pictures of myself and my brother plopped in the blue bonnets. Personally I think it was simply cheaper than doing professional photos while still looking fairly professional.
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and none of those kids in bluebonnets end up walking away with snake bites?!? (i seem to have this image stuck in my mind of texas overrun with rattlers or something?)
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Oh trust me, every time I see these people stopped on the side of the road wandering through the brush with reckless abandon I’m screaming in my head “LOOK FOR SNAKES, MORONS!”. It does seem to happen, or at least we hear the warnings every year.
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So pretty! Also 3 weeks! That’s gonna sneak up on you. Fuzzy kid is way cuter than a strangers baby. Yes yes yes.
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Are you going to Holly Hill?? If so, Reef and I will be there as well!!! (but only in a BN division lol)
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Yep! We’re just doing N.
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Wow, I’ve never seen wildflowers that intense or in that multitude. Our wildflowers are more like tiny little clumps dotted in fields of long grasses, you have to look for them to find them.
I love that Quinn has a bow-tie!
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I’m right there with you! I live in Houston. And not by choice. It’s been nice so far but I’m dreading summer………….
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Haha Lindsey was going on about your bluebonnets and I was just like “OMG SNAKES YOU MORONS GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT” which is obviously a totally rational response.
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Snakes are part of the fun. Live a little 😉
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I think avoiding snakes is the key to living…
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I love pretty flowers!
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That field looks awesome to gallop in!
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Love all the flowers. Looking forward to seeing them Saturday as we make our way through.
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Awww, love the kid pic 😉 Agreed. My four leggeds are way cuter than most of the two legged kids I know.
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Spring is a gloriously beautiful time of year, that’s for sure. We’ve been having a decent amount of rain which is kind of annoying, but I’ll take rain over snow ANY DAY.
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So crazy to me considering the horses havent even STARTED shedding here
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I made the mistake once of trying to ride Pmare into the bluebonnets to get pictures the first year I had her. We ended up tangled in cactus. And that’s the last time I ever tried that.
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Those blue bonnets are DIVINE.
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