After visiting Laura for her birthday in Goliad, Ann and I took a side trip on to Yoakam, and then a back road to Victoria. The wildflowers have outdone themselves this year! Yellows have won out. Bluebonnets, usually the star of the show, were there, but not in great numbers. One hardly misses them as the eyes gaze upon a plethora of reds, yellows, pinks, blues, orange, green,white, and many many colors in between.In some cases there were acres of untouched beauties gently blowing in the South Texas wind.
As I looked upon this wonder of God's creation I kept thinking of a children's hymn of long ago:
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer rain,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
Cecil F. Alexander 1848
