On up the road, the paintbrush were blooming in profusion, but the bluebonnet crop is disappointing this year.

In a few of the familiar places the bluebonnets were still putting on a good show.

The roadsides offered a pretty good view of bluebonnets and paintbrush.

Along this damned up stream, there were several patches of bluebonnets.

Out near Bardwell lake west of Ennis, this field was only a shadow of its former self as seen in this picture from 2003.