About Bluebonnet Road
Around 1972, my grandfather took my little brother and I into my parent’s back yard in central Texas and handed us old ice cream buckets filled with bluebonnet seedpods. I was maybe 10 and my brother was a toddler, so we really didn’t ask too many questions when he told us to throw them all over the yard. No digging, no fuss. As long as my Dad was alive, he carefully mowed around the plants, and so they continued to come up and grow each Spring for many years.
On Easter Sunday in 1993, my baby daughter and I sat among the bluebonnets and my parents took the picture above. This was at least 20 years from when we first threw out those seeds. Seeing a lovely vibrant bluebonnet field still makes me feel happy and part of something much bigger and more beautiful than myself.
In case you’re interested in trying this yourself, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center has a great guide to growing Texas bluebonnets.
Of course, bluebonnets are only one of the great traditions of Texas. Texas has a rich culinary life born of a place where many diverse cultures have lived and worked together for a long time. I have fond memories of the dishes that my German grandmother made when I was a child. Most people know all about Tex-Mex, but many people have never tried kolaches (Czech, not German) or German sweet rice.
So while I’m always looking for new and different foods to try out, I think we should also keep the traditions of our families alive.
I am glad that you are here. Together we can explore the beauty and many flavors of the Lone Star State.
Welcome!
Cindy
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