I love and adore Texas. I love the heat. I love the way the heat soaks through my bones.
Texas gets snow and seasons.
Texas gets snow and seasons.
Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)
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-gets two seasons: hot and less hot
(do love the good folks here, though! -climate...not so much)
I think you also get fire season.
Nah Texas has all four seasons, and fall color with maples
Maples?! -reckon Texas is a big state and some things grow in some parts. -only maples 'round DFW are silver maples (with not much foliage change). My poor li'l Japanese maple got quite crisp and gave up (even in a spot shaded from the mid-morning to afternoon sun). -sugar maple species are an absolute anomaly in the N. Central region. -Caddo variety does alright if you can find one. Fall usually sets in around Halloween and lasts a few weeks. -cool snap blows in and all of the leaves turn brown at once and "fall" to the ground. -but again, it is a big state so I suppose there are variations. -panhandle does get more drastic changes.
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Had my strong brewed coffee and ready to go! 
Lost maples state park out west......fantastic fall color from the maples, moss covered dripping springs.......... Rocky rough cliffs covered in moss and ferns and little waterfalls.
Spring in Texas is when the little flowers start peaking up out of the ground. The snow drops are first. At the same time the most wonderful birds start migrating through, and you can watch them dancing through the bare trees and picking at the unfurling leaves. Spring often has lots of rain, and the beginning of some great heat, so all the plants take off with a bang.
As soon as the milkweed gets just a few leaves started, the Monarchs show up in swarms, followed by the swallowtails. Giant clouds of butterflies, so thick that it is hard to see through them.....spring!
Then summer starts up, the rains slow down, the bluebonnets cover the entire world, followed by drier weather and carpets of black-eyed susans and indian blankets. Marvelous colors against the now drying grass. White curly headed calves following their moms, the rich brown of their bodies a beautiful contrast with the white faces, the drying grass, the gray greens of the cedar, the dark greens of the oaks. Occasional puffs of dust from the road runners.
Then comes fall, with the bountiful garden harvests, and sudden weather, where you can stand in a field and watch the sunny sky turn cloudy, the wall of almost black rush towards you, and then the rush of cold wind and rain. The maples turn bright red and glorious....but you have to drive to see them.
The grass seams to turn green in an instant and the cattle grow fat.
Then comes winter, all the growing things slow down or sleep. Nights are around the oak fueled fireplace talking about the plans for next year. A quiet time to feed cattle and do repair work. And every few years play in snow.
Then, repeat.
Spring in Texas is when the little flowers start peaking up out of the ground. The snow drops are first. At the same time the most wonderful birds start migrating through, and you can watch them dancing through the bare trees and picking at the unfurling leaves. Spring often has lots of rain, and the beginning of some great heat, so all the plants take off with a bang.
As soon as the milkweed gets just a few leaves started, the Monarchs show up in swarms, followed by the swallowtails. Giant clouds of butterflies, so thick that it is hard to see through them.....spring!
Then summer starts up, the rains slow down, the bluebonnets cover the entire world, followed by drier weather and carpets of black-eyed susans and indian blankets. Marvelous colors against the now drying grass. White curly headed calves following their moms, the rich brown of their bodies a beautiful contrast with the white faces, the drying grass, the gray greens of the cedar, the dark greens of the oaks. Occasional puffs of dust from the road runners.
Then comes fall, with the bountiful garden harvests, and sudden weather, where you can stand in a field and watch the sunny sky turn cloudy, the wall of almost black rush towards you, and then the rush of cold wind and rain. The maples turn bright red and glorious....but you have to drive to see them.
The grass seams to turn green in an instant and the cattle grow fat.
Then comes winter, all the growing things slow down or sleep. Nights are around the oak fueled fireplace talking about the plans for next year. A quiet time to feed cattle and do repair work. And every few years play in snow.
Then, repeat.
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-now THAT imagery is truly poetic. (definitely ain't the heat island that is bustling and busy suburbia of the sprawling metroplex which I call home)
Indeed Alaskan has waxed truly poetic. We stole our DIL from Texas. and her first comment when she came East was, "Everything is so GREEN."
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