The first flecks of blue along the shoulders and bar ditches are eagerly anticipated by Texans each spring.  They look forward to the vivid  palette soon to follow and begin planning what they are going to wear for their annual family pictures.  But the seeds of each spring are literally sown in the death of the previous season’s beauty.

Canon EOS 5D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4, 1/400 sec, f/5, ISO 100