Thank you for the wildflowers, Ladybird.

[Shakespeare]

Your legacy will live on in the most beautiful way imaginable:

[trof]

1. Aw, lady? That's sweet.

Very thoughtful of you and a very appropriate memorial.
:hug:

[Shakespeare]

2. Now I'm all homesick for Texas.

Bluebonnets do that to me, as does the passing of Ladybird. :cry:

[trof]

7. I'm a Texan-by-marriage.

Miz t. was born in Orange.
They don't even check my passport when we cross the border from Louisiana any more.
;-)

[Suich]

3. Very nice tribute, Shakespeare!

Beautiful pictures, too!

Thank you!

[Ron Green]

4. Highway 16 in the spring....

I miss the Hill Country.

[tigereye]

5. sad to hear of her death...

what a classy lady...

[GOPisEvil]

6. Link to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.

http://www.wildflower.org/

[Bridget Burke]

15. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center does some serious environmental work.

And has information on wildflowers & native plants throughout the USA & Canada. Not just Texas.

Of course, it also has lots of pretty pictures. Here's my current wallpaper: www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=16664

[Maestro]

8. I was just down at the LBJ ranch

and Wildseed Farms not three weeks ago. Beautiful down there plus most Texas Highways are covered in flowers because of what she started I think.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. yep, and the NO MOWING WILDFLOWER ZONE signs all over

the place too. That way they reseed and return

[havocmom]

9. Lovely memorial to the legacy of an American who knew beauty

and shared it generously.

[lost-in-nj]

10. One of my

things to do before I die
is to walk in a field like this....
to feel the flowers, bees, leaves and the smells

My ultimate would be a lavender field.....
OMG

beautiful pictures!!!!!

:hi: :hi:
lost
leaving on a jet plane tomorrow

[idgiehkt]

11. those pics are stunning

Thanks for posting them, the last one is my favorite!! :hi:

[dembotoz]

12. her death makes me sad.

The legacy of LBJ- sure hated him at the time..viet nam mainly.
But his social agenda-war on poverty, medicare, voters rights-
Most progressive president that I remember being a bit over 50...Clinton always WAY
to conservative for me. She was a great 1st lady, much much better than Barbara "the mean"
Bush and Nancy----that, that-I will just stop.

[Jade Fox]

16. Because of Vietnam, it's hard to remember....

that if it were not for LBJ's determination, deal-making, and arm-twisting (particularly of Southerners in government at the time) the Civil Rights act might not have passed. Being a Southerner himself, he knew how to work those old Southern boys in a way Kennedy, had he lived, did not. For that he deserves to be remembered well.

[yellowdogintexas]

13. gorgeous, gorgeous gorgeous

you have to figure the first white settlers came to Texas when the wildflowers were blooming and it wasn't hot, you know?

And Thank You LadyBird!!!

[livetohike]

14. Thanks for the pics Shakespeare

I will always link wildflowers with Ladybird. It is her legacy.

[sarge43]

17. Thank you, Shakespeare

The other blessing of the wildflowers is how they mean to the wild critters. Just today we were watching the hummingbirds sip from the bee balm and the gold finches harvesting the cone flowers.

And thank you, Lady Bird.

[wildhorses]

18. and for not sneering at the lowly dandelion, i thank you --

[Lindsey]

20. R.I.P. Dear Lady Bird...n/t

[sarge43]

21. Nothing lowly about them

Dandelions are one of the first nectar and pollen bearing flowers to bloom in the spring. For honey bees in the northern regions they're a salvation and feast.

[wildhorses]

22. perhaps you would be interested in this thread --

:hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6697488

[sarge43]

23. Thanks, wildhorses

I did post my defense of dandelions. I also think of them as gold coins scattered across green velvet, a gift of spring.

[wildhorses]

24. next year i am doing one whole flower bed in dandelions.

:toast:

[Ptah]

19. I will never forget her.

[wildhorses]

25. she was a lovely lady.

i snagged that pic, thanks :hi:

[Bake]

26. Lovely pics for a lovely lady.

RIP, Lady Bird.

Bake