Spring in Texas brings pastures and fields blooming with the symbolic state flower and, in recent years, the viral #backtheBLUEbonnet challenge.

Law enforcement officers across Texas have been posing for silly photos in beds of bluebonnets, challenging other departments to follow suit. 

In San Marcos, police officers sit in the blooms and play patty cake. Georgetown officers feature their K-9 companion. Boerne police officers assured viewers that “no bluebonnets were harmed,” during their photo session.  

The trend has spread beyond Texas. Police officers in Jonesboro, Ark., lamented that the state doesn’t have bluebonnets, but they struck poses in the next best thing — blue tulips from a nursery. 

• Signal before entering or leaving the road.
• Park off the road (off improved shoulders) parallel to the road in the direction of traffic.
• Do not cross traffic lanes on foot to the flowers.
• Obey signs that prohibit parking along a stretch of a road.
• Do not enter private property without permission.
• Failure to follow these rules of the road throughout the year could result in a ticket.