Bluebonnet time again

We went looking for bluebonnets on Sunday. I think it's a little early for the peak. We found quite a few, but passed some fields that had been full of wildflowers last year that had not yet bloomed.

We drove from Houston to Sealy, up to Bellville and over to New Ulm, where we moseyed through the farm roads up to Industry. This year, we found ourselves a livestock theme.

We went down to Cat Spring to eat at Carol's, but it wasn't as good as last year. Vlad had an amazing stuffed pork chop, but my shrimp were truly horrible.

Among the odd things we saw were a huge bird that appeared to be orange-ish red. It was flying over very quickly and disappeared behind the trees before we could identify it. It was pink like a spoonbill, but we were way too far inland for that. Could it have been a red-tail? No clue.

We also came across a barbed-wire fence lined with coyote carcasses, I assume to keep those still alive away from livestock. The smell was remarkable.

Anyway, here's a few photos: