Lorena won’t be the same without Tony! This guy makes the BEST faces 
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Here is one of the portrait sessions I promised to post! Catherine wanted to surprise Joey with a photo shoot for Valentine’s Day. It was fun to catch the suspension bridge at night!
These two are on fire! They’ll be off to Vegas in June to get married – AWESOME!
Tyler has a business here in town that trains young athletes. If you know a youngster who wants to play pro football, he’s the man to call!
Hey all! I got a call from the Waco Tribune-Herald asking how the lack of bluebonnets was affecting business. It’s always fun to be in the local paper! Here’s the article. Hopefully today’s rain will bring a few flowers.
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Bluebonnets scarce during parched Central Texas spring
By Erin Quinn
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Warning to Central Texas parents: You might want to start thinking of a backup plan for the kids’ annual bluebonnet photo shoot.
I know. You’re devastated.
You’ve spent the whole year waiting to load up your adorable children and grandchildren, clad in itchy Easter clothing, park on the side of the road and take photo after photo of the youngsters sitting among the cheerful bluebonnets.
But those wildflowers — sniff, sniff — just might not make much of an appearance in the Waco area this spring.
“It’s really just been too dry,” said Shane McLellan, McLennan County Extension agent for agriculture. “If they don’t have the moisture, they can’t come up.”
Harsh words, indeed.
But wait, all hope is not lost for this year’s crop.
“If we can get a good, slow, soaking rain within the next three weeks or so, you’re still going to see wildflowers,” McLellan said.
On Monday, the National Weather Service was calling for a 30 percent chance of rain today, 80 percent Wednesday, 60 percent Thursday and 40 percent Friday.
“It can’t just be a big runoff event, though,” McLellan said.
Of course, there will continue to be patches of wildflowers springing up throughout the season, which usually runs from March to May. The scarce patches can be seen along U.S. Highway 84 and off State Highway 6.
And those who have planted wildflower seeds in their yards or business lots will see the flowers, if they’ve been lightly watered and fertilized, McLellan said.
It’s all about water. And Waco is thirsty. So far this year, the city has seen just 1.99 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. That’s nearly 3 inches less than normal for this time of year. Last year at this time, Waco had received 3.91 inches for the year, which was still more than an inch less than normal.
Wildflowers, or their absence, can affect area tourism and businesses.
Jennifer Thebault, who owns A Captured Life photography in Waco, already has pending wildflower shoots booked, she said. Now she has to think of Plan B.
“Well, the Suspension Bridge is always nice,” she said in consolation.
But the forecast is promising.
Just be prepared to see parents and grandparents parked on the side of roadways doing a rain dance.