BoneFishPhotography
pink-bonnet
Look! It’s a PINK bluebonnet! 😲💖
The lighting last Sunday was some of the nicest I’d seen in a while. So we grabbed ice cream cones from DQ, and went for a sunset drive around south-central Texas. Little did we know the ice cream was going to turn out to be the least of our treats...
Spotted on the side of the road as we zipped past, there stood one lone pink bluebonnet in a sea of blue. We looked at each other with wide eyes and open jaws. Did we just see what we think we saw?! Before I knew it, B was turning the truck around.
With the I-10 a few hundred yards at my back, and the evening light getting ready to fade, I carefully kneeled to the ground and snapped a few photos of this pretty pink rarity. I had never seen a pink-bonnet in person before, and to finally have the chance to see one up close felt like a dream. Also, to the driver on the interstate who lavishly honked as they passed by — thank you for adding more jazz to this exciting moment!
According to Texas’ beloved Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, these pink bluebonnets are the result of a rare natural genetic mutation, causing color variegation from light blue to purple, to pink, and even white! Isn’t it interesting how we can see these flawed flowers as “beautiful little accidents” (to quote Bob Ross 😊) ...yet we fail to view our own human flaws with the same grace? 🤔
P.S. — No flowers were harmed while capturing these images. Please stay mindful of trampling down (& picking of) wildflowers, as it severely decreases the chances of pollination and seed dispersal, which means less wildflowers in the future, which means less pollinators, which means less birds, and so on and so forth up the chain of life. It’s ALL connected. 💫
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pink-bonnet
Look! It’s a PINK bluebonnet! 😲💖
The lighting last Sunday was some of the nicest I’d seen in a while. So we grabbed ice cream cones from DQ, and went for a sunset drive around south-central Texas. Little did we know the ice cream was going to turn out to be the least of our treats...
Spotted on the side of the road as we zipped past, there stood one lone pink bluebonnet in a sea of blue. We looked at each other with wide eyes and open jaws. Did we just see what we think we saw?! Before I knew it, B was turning the truck around.
With the I-10 a few hundred yards at my back, and the evening light getting ready to fade, I carefully kneeled to the ground and snapped a few photos of this pretty pink rarity. I had never seen a pink-bonnet in person before, and to finally have the chance to see one up close felt like a dream. Also, to the driver on the interstate who lavishly honked as they passed by — thank you for adding more jazz to this exciting moment!
According to Texas’ beloved Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, these pink bluebonnets are the result of a rare natural genetic mutation, causing color variegation from light blue to purple, to pink, and even white! Isn’t it interesting how we can see these flawed flowers as “beautiful little accidents” (to quote Bob Ross 😊) ...yet we fail to view our own human flaws with the same grace? 🤔
P.S. — No flowers were harmed while capturing these images. Please stay mindful of trampling down (& picking of) wildflowers, as it severely decreases the chances of pollination and seed dispersal, which means less wildflowers in the future, which means less pollinators, which means less birds, and so on and so forth up the chain of life. It’s ALL connected. 💫
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