First BLUEBONNET of 2013 on our sand hill.
Jim, did you get a bluebonnet picture with you grandkids?
Don, my bluebonnets are still very small plants down next to the ground. It will be 2 weeks minimum before they even put up bloom heads. Your warmer weather and heavier rainstorms have given yours a head start. It's amazing the difference in vegetation from here to there. My oak trees are just starting to bloom and leaf-out. Even the trees in DFW always seem to be ahead of us by 2 weeks or so.
I had a ball with my grandkids on Saturday and Sunday. It's so rare to have just them here without having a lot of other people to look after. I admit that being around 4 young and pretty girls sure makes me feel young. . . right before it makes me feel very old when I am tired and they are just getting going. They made the big hike around our property and I drove the Kawasaki Mule.
I took my granddaughter who is staying for a week fishing for her first time yesterday. I couldn't keep her hook baited fast enough. She caught a 4-5 lb catfish (her first one ever) and then we both managed to catch one at the same time. Her's was 2-1/2 lb and mine was 1/2 lb. I took a picture below. She wanted to hold the fish in the gills like I did instead of use the stringer, so the fish picked up some dry grass flopping around while she got brave enough to do it. It kinda grossed her out, but she was determined to pick up that fish. I think we may be back fishing again before she leaves.
My pond in the background is so low that you can see the edge of the rocks I put into it for structure. I'd estimate the depth is still around 8' in the middle, but it is down about 4-1/2'. We really need some rain with runoff. I'm hoping for lots of April showers, even if Ron Hall and Betty aren't here to bring rain like they normally do.
EDIT: Don, notice that she is a child of the times. She has a fish in one hand and her I-phone in the other. As you mentioned earlier, you can't separate kids and phones these days.
