of the cherokee nation. final voting is happening now. you ll find a link on our website. if your bracket is busted going into tonight s college basketball championship, maybe follow mitt romney s lead next year. romney is reportedly in the top 99.8 percentile of those who filled out a bracket on espn s website. a big change from when he was running for president in 2012 when he said he wasn t plugged in enough to fill one out. president obama s bracket, by the way, totally busted. more than 35,000 guests gathered today for the annual white house easter egg roll. backed up by the easter bunny, president and first lady welcomed them all to the grounds. mrs. obama busted out some of her dance moves while her husband shot some hoops. beautiful day for it with just a few hiccups like when a bee stirred up the kids while the president was reading to them. when we come back, the hillside s painted blue. one of nature s greatest displays is back.
reporter: blue bonnets are the texas state flower, and every spring they cast a spell. lupines so beguiling you just have to take a picture. look at mommy. good job. yea! reporter: in texas posing with the blue bonnets is a rite of spring. little shiloh and her mom karen morgan are no exceptions. she saw the blue bonnets and the first thing she said is, oh my gosh. and she started running through them and rolling around in them. they have this magical charisma people love. reporter: andrea is director of horticulture at the ladybird johnson wild flower center in austin. lady bird, she says, was a woman ahead of her time who knew if people began to care about the flowers, they d begin to care about the planet. she was very sensitive to the importance that nature plays and wanted to share that with
people. and the joy of the wildflowers and the joy of nature. reporter: so lured by the lupines they come. a picture s a must. but there s indian paintbrush, too, and so much more if you stop to look. it s magical, you know? just one little minute of spring. reporter: though texas is still in a drought, winter rains have brought a bumper crop of wildflowers this year. our gratitude to ladybird, who used to say, where flowers bloom, so does hope. harry smith, nbc news, austin. that will do it for us on this monday night. i m lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night.
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