{My pictures were taken with a Kodak EasyShare DX4530. Dan’s pictures were taken with a Cannon Rebel EOS with a 70-200 2.8L lens. All pictures within this blog are resized, which sometimes doesn’t do the pictures justice.}

Wildseed Farms is a nice place to go for taking pictures during the height of Wildflower season.


They have all kinds of little places like this scattered about the grounds along with stuff for sale that a gardener might want.


This is the first field we encountered. There are tons of wildflowers in the foreground with paths to walk about on. All that red in the background is another field that is primarily composed of Red Corn Poppies.

I think Dan thought he was in photographer’s heaven when we walked into the wildflower field. Why? Because…


Here he is sitting or kneeling down. I walked further along the path and…


caught him lying down. I walked even further along the path and…


caught him standing up.

My camera takes decent pictures. I took these close-up shots while we were in the Wildflower field.



Paintbrushes


Bluebonnets and Prairie Verbena


Alamo Fire aka Maroon Bluebonnets

However, Dan’s pictures... Oh my! They are wonderful!



Paintbrushes


Bluebonnets with a lone Red Corn Poppy



Alamo Fire and Bluebonnets


Clueless as to what these are! :-)

Before we left the wildflower field, an old lady asked Dan to take her picture in front of some wildflowers – shamelessly flirted with him. Hmmppffhh!!!


Oh wait, that old lady is me! I don’t think I look like that. I still picture myself as 25 years old. Where in the heck did time go?

Anyway, we moved on and explored the rest of the farm. There were fields in sort of a U-shape and most of the fields were roped off. In the middle of that U-shape, they were growing various flowers in rows. As I mentioned before, a field of Poppies followed the wildflower field.

(picture by me)

This field, to me, is so beautiful. And, it never fails to remind me of a poem called In Flanders Fields. It always seems to bring on a reflective mood.

Anyway, I gazed upon flowers being grown in rows while we wandered. We came upon some that just brought memories of Maine, my Gram, and my Mother. I was thrilled and begged Dan to take some pictures because my camera would not be able to do justice.


We know them as Johnny Jump-ups. And, they’re called the same at the farms. Supposedly, they can be grown in our zone. But, we’ve never had any success. According to the sign they had in front of the rows of plants, I found out that the soil needs to be “rich and well-drained”, grown in “partial shade to full sun” and that they’re “drought tolerant”. I need to try growing them again someday. At least, I know where I can get seeds when I’m ready to try.

Something caught Dan’s attention along the inside of roped off fields. Or, is that outside? It’s where we can walk anyway.


I think this is the best shot I took so far, don’t you? :-)

Anyway, I believe that it was this that caught his attention.


It’s a very interesting white strain of the bluebonnet.

And then, I think the tables turned on me. Dan wanted me to lie down in the sandy dry dirt so that he could take pictures of me.

I actually didn’t mind. I am a very willing model most of the time. However, this picture of me… Ugh! How can he think I’m beautiful? I don’t get it. This is not me. Where is the 25 year woman I once knew?

Anyway, We came across another field of poppies -- a variety of them.


I shot some pictures from different angles and I really liked how this one turned out.

We were soon finished with the place and took a drive north of Fredricksburg – along Willow City Loop. This particular drive is absolutely spectacular. If any of you happen to be in this area in the peak of wildflower season, it’s a must see thing to do.

Dan let me have his camera while he drove. He gave me a few pointers and then let me loose. It wasn’t easy because we were moving constantly and technically, we’re not supposed to stop or pull over. Many people did this anyway against the owners of the private properties wishes.

The last few pictures here are the ones I shot using his camera through an open window. The bottoms of most tended to be blurry. That is because we were moving. And, it was a bumpy road! It was NOT easy. I quit after awhile, hoped I got a few good shots, and just enjoyed the scenery.





Whoa! How did this last one get into the group of pictures? A strange lady having fun taking pictures of herself in a truck’s side mirror. How weird can she be? Oh wait. That is me again. Sheesh. :-)