I’d forgotten how huge tumbleweeds can be. The one pictured above tumbled into my mother-in-law’s front yard on Thursday morning much to the delight of my grandchildren.
Imagine hitting one of these beauties while navigating the lonely two lane roads in the Texas panhandle. It’s an experience you won’t soon forget.
The tumbleweed is the dried form of Russian thistle, a plant common to the plains states and immortalized in a song by the Sons of the Pioneers. I added a link to the song, below. Enjoy!
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
LYRICS
See them tumbling down
Pledging their love to the ground!
Lonely, but free, I’ll be found
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds
Cares of the past are behind
Nowhere to go, but I’ll find
Just where the trail will wind
Drifting along with the tumblin’ tumbleweeds
I know when night has gone
That a new world’s born at dawn!
I’ll keep rolling along
Deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds
I know when night has gone
That a new world’s born at dawn!
I’ll keep rolling along
Deep in my heart is a song
Here on the range I belong
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds
Praying for Eyebrowz 
I love it when I read a sentence rarely ever spoken. ‘I’d forgotten how huge tumbleweeds can be’ a true gem, young Leslie.
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Thank you, Mike!
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Wow, that is big. You got in the psyche xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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They’re kind of amazing. People in the Texas panhandle sometimes spray paint them and decorate them for as Christmas trees!
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I had no idea they were so large, I also thought they were soft and downy. Wrong!
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They come in all sizes, but I’ve never seen a soft and downy one!
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A former neighbor of mine when I lived in central California had an abject fear of tumble weeds. I never made fun of her, but I used to think how silly it was to fear them. Then one early evening while I was driving in the Mojave, one tumbled in front of my car. It scared me to death! – Marty
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I’ve known others who are afraid of the things. I don’t fear them, but I certainly respect them.
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