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Pictures here. Many pretty pictures!

It's definitely wildflower season here in Central Texas. It's not hard to find patches of bluebonnets, primroses and black-eyed susans along the sides of roads and freeways.

Hubby decided to take off from work tomorrow and deal with taxes instead so we could have an afternoon outing today. We had planned to drive out to Fredricksburg since the road there is one of the better places to see flowers. No doubt, since the biggest proponent of wildflowers, Lady Bird Johnson lived in Johnson City which is on 290 near Fredricksburg and on top of that there's a big wildflower seed farm somewhere there. We didn't make it far. There was a marquis set up announcing an incident on 290. It had to be bad for the sheriffs to take the time to set that up (second bad accident we saw today...so sad*).

We turned around and headed to the Ladybird Johnson National Wildflower Research Center instead. The last time we went was in the middle of winter. It was nice, if a little stark and grey. This time, it was like pretty exploded everywhere. Hubby had a blast taking the camera away from me to take photos. It was nice because NM and J kept asking to get their photos taken, too =)

*The first bad accident of the day was on the way to church. Hubby had to let a police car go ahead of him and that guy did a U-turn on the freeway. We look to our left and on the other side of the freeway was a white minivan and there was a guy who was laying a tarp or sheet over something. Judging from the condition of the minivan, it was probably a person he was covering up. I hope it was to keep them comfortable. There were several other cars stopped nearby as well, probably to help.

At church, Bunjee's message was about witnessing. The thought of forever in hell is so awful. If we don't have compassion for others enough to share Jesus' love to them, in a very real way it's cruel.

When I saw the accident I just about cried because my first thought was for that person and to pray for the ones around him or her. What if they didn't know who He is? Forever is such a long time.