A weekend field trip home

Negative covid rapid tests meant we were safe to travel south to Texas!
Annual bluets
Controlled burns on the LBJ national grasslands were visible by smoke.
Briar!
Gracie!
A hackberry tree having a long term discussion with the big mesquite tree.
The big old mesquite tree.
Draba cuneifolia
Mom documents our dispersal of native plants.
Heading back north to Oklahoma, an interesting juxtaposition of old and new energy.

Transplanting bluets

There is a nice patch of bluets (Houstonia pusilla) in the front side yard. Eventually I want to get rid of the lawn in this area, so I tested transplanting some to the backyard.

I got three clumps.
Close up