So Long And Thanks For All The Wildflowers...

On the 13th, I went to pay my respects to former First Lady, Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson. There was a public viewing throughout the night at the LBJ Presidential Library at UT, so I decided to stop by after work.

Normally, I'm not the type to attend funeral services of public figures, such events are rarely on my radar. I recall watching Reagan's funeral on TV, mostly because he was the President through a good chunk of my childhood and while he had his good and bad points, no one could deny that he had a certain drawing nature to him.

Having lived in LBJ country for almost a decade, it's been interesting to see just how much Lady Bird has had an impact on the environmental beauty that surrounds this part of Texas as well as the rest of the country. It's almost an annual tradition to drive down the minor highways and see groups of people chucking their kids into a patch of bluebonnets, indian paintbrushes or other bunches of wildflowers.

If you haven't had much of a chance to read up on Lady Bird Johnson's life, I recommend you do. She was one of the sweetest ladies you could ever meet and had a ton of class.

I heard on the news this morning that the city of Austin has decided to rename Town Lake after her, which is a fitting tribute indeed.