YOU KNOW IT'S SPRING IN THE HILL COUNTRY WHEN...

...just stepping out your door makes you absolutely ravenous! First your lungs fill with the tangy-sweet sent of honey, then you spot all the tiny bees hovering around the little yellow blossoms of the formerly pitiful looking shrub known as Agarita.

When you notice that dangling clusters of unopened blooms have appeared on all the Texas Mountain Laurel shrubs, you immediately picture tall icy glasses of deep purple Kool-aid, with a happy face drawn on the side, or giant wads of grape bubblegum tucked into your cheek, for you know the air will be filled with that pseudo-grape aroma, just as soon as those blossoms unfurl!

And the swollen nodes on these little twigs? Well, they actually have you licking your lips, imagining the feel of peach juice dripping off your chin!