Bluebonnets revisited

One last look at bluebonnets for the year.  My neighbor had a nice stand in their yard now they look like this:

Not such a pretty backdrop for a photo anymore, huh?  The pods, green and tender when we last viewed them are now dried out and opening.  I haven't witnessed it yet but, apparently, the seeds actually pop out. 

I got a good shot of a pod that was beginning to open:

And another of a pod that had opened but one seed, apparently didn't get "ejected."

The parent plants are dying and the seeds will nestle down in the soil.  If the weather's right, they will germinate late in the fall and grow over the winter.  They'll really grow tall in the spring and, hopefully, we'll have another great bluebonnet show next spring.  This year has been great.  Lots of other beautiful flowers out there now to enjoy.  Texas springtime is something special isn't it?