thanks ladybird

In addition to the very yummy bluebell ice cream, texas bluebell flowers are a statewide delight!  Thanks to my friend Tammy's blog, I learned a little bit of history.  Apparently, these delicate flowers that adorn the highway medians and roadsides throughout Texas were part of Ladybird Johnson's roadside beautification projects in the 1960s.  So, if you visit Texas in early spring, be sure to note all of the cars pulled over with parents taking pictures of their children sitting amidst these Texas icons.  That's better than the rush of children going to the bathroom roadside as I first suspected.  Anyway, here are our little Texas bells among Ladybird's lasting efforts to make the great state of Texas just that much prettier.   

ps.  I hope Mrs. Johnson isn't offended that the girls actually preferred the flowering weeds that were growing in the same area :)