Driving through Texas

We were surprised to see how good the cotton looked despite the Texas drought!

We wondered how come there are 2 colors of flowers.

Here is what the Internet says:

"About two months after planting, flower buds called squares appear on the cotton plants. In another three weeks, the blossoms open. Their petals change from creamy 
white to yellow, then pink and finally, dark red. After three days, they 
wither and fall, leaving green pods which are called cotton bolls."








Just a few miles up the road, the blowing dirt form the un-planted fields gave a reddish brown tinge to the horizon.