Spring Fever

I have been wanting to post this pic for a long time but I insisted on waiting until the weather got warmer.  After  several weeks of temps in the 20's here in Texas and worse in other parts of the country, we can finally take a breath of fresh air as the temps should be in the 70's all this week.  To my friends in the Pac NW...sorry.  This is posted on my web site at www.douggraybealphotography.com under the tab "Fine Art For Sale".

Spring is an exciting time in Texas.  We get the majority of our rain and incredible thunderstorms from March through June.  There is nothing like a good ol' Texas thunderstorm.  But another exciting time is when the wild fowers start blooming.  In the 1960's, when Lyndon Johnson was president, First Lady, lady Bird Johnson, took up the cause of beautifying our highways.  She started a campaign to pass out flower seed all across the country.  given that the Johnson's were from the Texas Hill Country, it makes sense that this plan took off right here.  In the spring, you first see the Blue Bonnets popping up, and then Indian Paint Brush and then just about everything else.  Not only are the highways covered with them, but fields can be found with an endless sea of color.  A photographer's delight and a natural setting for fine art photography.

This picture was taken last May at Lyndon B. Johnson State Park, near Fredericksburg, Texas.  I can't wait for the Blue Bonnets next month.  Stay tuned.