YOU JUST GOTTA BE IN TEXAS!

I guess every state in the US has something it is recognized for, but Texas has lots of reminders that you are in the Lonestar State.  Of course almost every home, farm, ranch has at least one lone star visible along with the Texas state flag and the US flag.  Blood runs red, white and blue in Texas.

Fences of all kinds make great backdrops for the prolific spring wildflowers.  Thank you Lady Bird Johnson for your wildflower program many years ago.

Drill stem and 6 foot high wildlife fencing through a mixed wildflower pasture.

Decorative hardwood fence and red poppies.

Old chicken wire and post fence in white prickly poppy field.

Split rail fence and bluebonnets alongside a country road.

Stack stone fence and old homestead and bluebonnets.

Barb wire fence and bluebonnets as far as the eye can see.

Horses, horses, everywhere.  Young baby colts could be seen in most all the pastures.

No way to ignore the ever present cactus.  Absolutely not my favorite plant.  A good reason to live in Mississippi instead of Texas.

I have to admit the cactus blossoms are just beautiful.

Windmills still dot the countryside.  Sometimes the old ways are still the best.

When I look at the new wind turbines that cover thousands and thousands of acres, especially out west, I have serious doubts they will hold a warm spot in our memory in about fifty years.  Just a thought, but who in the world is going to maintain the gazillions of those things which are very, very tall and not something your local repairman can work on?  When they malfunction, will they just sit there until the parts waste away and the huge blades fall off, or maybe a repair man will finally make his way out to it and will order an expensive part from China or Taiwan to get it going again?  With our tax dollars?  Food for thought.  Even the old fashion rusty, broken windmills that have been abandoned for years hold a certain romantic charm and make great subjects for photographs.