Texas Bluebonnets V
by Greg Reed
Title
Texas Bluebonnets V
Artist
Greg Reed
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
Bluebonnets have been loved since man first trod the vast prairies of Texas. Indians wove fascinating folk tales around them. The early-day Spanish priests gathered the seeds and grew them around their missions. This practice gave rise to the myth that the padres had brought the plant from Spain, but this cannot be true since the two predominant species of bluebonnets are found growing naturally only in Texas and at no other location in the world.
As historian Jack Maguire so aptly wrote, "It's not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat." He goes on to affirm that "The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland."
The ballad of our singing governor, the late W. Lee O'Daniel, goes, "you may be on the plains or the mountains or down where the sea breezes blow, but bluebonnets are one of the prime factors that make the state the most beautiful land that we know.
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May 29th, 2015
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Comments (7)
Reynold Jay
Hi John--I gotta admit it! I like these panorama views so much that I'm doing it now. Your influence has now bounds. You'll see that I have been cropping the art from DUY ( my senior artist) and have come up with some big winners. The "Space and Time" art in my gallery is a big hit. Hope you don't mind that I borrowed this idea from you! FAV
Greg Reed replied:
Hi Reynold, I think you may have posted to the wrong person!!! Interesting comment though!!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"