{"id":650,"date":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/2016\/09\/22\/les-bluebonnets\/"},"modified":"2018-07-17T13:16:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T11:16:36","slug":"les-bluebonnets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/les-bluebonnets\/","title":{"rendered":"Les bluebonnets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='vce-gallery gallery galleryid-650 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-vce-lay-b'><div class=\"vce-gallery-big\"><div class=\"big-gallery-item item-0\" >\r\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7245405556142526224.jpg'><img width=\"810\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/7245405556142526224-810x454.jpg\" class=\"attachment-vce-lay-a size-vce-lay-a\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" 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src=\"https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/18437650644506658563-375x195.jpg\" class=\"attachment-vce-lay-b size-vce-lay-b\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/18437650644506658563-375x195.jpg 375w, https:\/\/my.frenchdistrict.com\/howdy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/18437650644506658563-960x500.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>Comment? Vous n&rsquo;avez jamais entendu parler des bluebonnets? Non, vraiment jamais? Pas possible&#8230; Au Texas, ils sont pourtant aussi connus que le Stetson, le p\u00e9trole ou les bottes de Cowboys. Aussi embl\u00e9matiques que le tr\u00e8fle irlandais, les tulipes hollandaises ou les cerisiers du Japon. Voyons&#8230;je vous parle de la fleur nationale tout de m\u00eame! D\u00e8s 1901, le \u00ab\u00a0Lupinus subcamosus\u00a0\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 reconnu symbole officiel de l&rsquo;\u00e9tat. Depuis, il s&rsquo;est malencontreusement fait ravir la vedette par d&rsquo;autres types de Lupins comme le bien nomm\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Lupinus Texensis\u00a0\u00bb ou par toute vari\u00e9t\u00e9 pouvant \u00eatre d\u00e9couverte \u00e0 l&rsquo;avenir sur le territoire. (arr\u00eat\u00e9 minist\u00e9riel de 1971), on n&rsquo;est jamais assez prudent. En terme de lupins, l&rsquo;aurez compris, les texans ne font pas les choses \u00e0 moiti\u00e9. Alors, pour \u00eatre certain que les fameux bonnets bleus pointeront bien leur nez au printemps, le d\u00e9partement des transports s\u00e8me plus de 30 000 livres de graines le long des routes. Autant vous dire que, d\u00e8s le mois de mars, le Texas devient bleu, tr\u00e8s bleu, tout bleu, et la fr\u00e9n\u00e9sie s&#8217;empare de ses habitants: C&rsquo;est l&rsquo;ouverture officielle de la chasse aux lupins. Qui trouvera le plus beau champ de bluebonnets cette ann\u00e9e? Bonne surprise, nos amis locaux sont partageurs : des sites internet d\u00e9di\u00e9s indiquent les meilleurs \u00ab\u00a0spots\u00a0\u00bb embleuis, le degr\u00e9 de floraison et r\u00e9v\u00e8lent les plus jolis coins pour les photos. Mais&#8230;attention Touriste, le lupin, c&rsquo;est sacr\u00e9, ne l&rsquo;oublie pas! On ne cueille pas les fleurs, on ne les pi\u00e9tine pas, on les admire et puis c&rsquo;est tout. D&rsquo;ailleurs, pour dissuader les n\u00e9ophytes de batifoler dans les prairies embleuies, les cowboys balancent r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement sur le web de splendides fauxtographies de rattlesnakes empaill\u00e9s, strat\u00e9giquement positionn\u00e9s au milieu des champs. Touriste, si tu ne meurs pas sur le coup comme ce pauvre homme enterr\u00e9 hier depuis 3 ans \u00e0 Smithville, tu seras achev\u00e9 sans piti\u00e9 par une horde de fourmis tueuses. \u00ab\u00a0Qu&rsquo;on se le dise!\u00a0\u00bb Bah, finalement, les l\u00e9gendes urbaines locales paraissent bien moins terrifiantes que notre c\u00e9l\u00e8bre crocodile des \u00e9gouts de Paris &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment? Vous n&rsquo;avez jamais entendu parler des bluebonnets? Non, vraiment jamais? Pas possible&#8230; Au Texas, ils sont pourtant aussi connus que le Stetson, le p\u00e9trole ou les bottes de Cowboys. Aussi embl\u00e9matiques que le tr\u00e8fle irlandais, les tulipes hollandaises ou les cerisiers du Japon. Voyons&#8230;je vous parle de la fleur nationale tout de m\u00eame! 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