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The Central Texas peach crop is abundant this year despite enduring early and late freezes, heavy rain and recent strong storms. According to the Hill Country Fruit Council, the 2019 peach crop is very strong. Several stands have the white-fleshed peach in now. Varieties are a week or two earlier than normal, as the first Freestone, Harvester, began ripening the first week of June. According to experts, most of the Hill Country fruit is ripening, and it’s a bumper crop, according to are ...

Armfuls of orange marigolds, yellow clasping coneflowers, pink yarrow and pastel delphiniums fill plastic buckets in the open-air packing shed at Arnosky Family Farms, located on FM 2325 east of Blanco. On towel-covered tables, Pamela Arnosky and an assistant work on an overcast June afternoon, hand bunching long stems together to create colorful Texas Garden Bouquets.

In 1954, decorated World War II pilot James Avery was in a garage in Kerrville trying to figure out what to do. He wanted to create something; he just didn’t know exactly what. He came up with the idea of making artisan jewelry. He built his own workbench. He gathered a few tools.

When visitors gaze through San Angelo’s window to the 1800’s at historic Fort Concho, they will see 40 acres filled with Christmas past and present as the revered landmark hosts its largest annual event December 1-3. This much-anticipated weekend – Christmas at Old Fort Concho – will bring thousands of participants to San Angelo from across the country. The occasion also coincides with year-long activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the fort’s founding in 1867 when b ...

Kerr County lies in the “flight path” of “snowbirds,” or Winter Texans, and many of them from the Upper Midwest head south to the Guadalupe River Valley where there’s abundant sunshine and little, if any, ice or snow. A high percentage of those seasonal visitors happen to be senior citizens, who migrate and then congregate at the Dietert Center on the banks of the Guadalupe River a short distance west of downtown Kerrville. Credit the late Harry W.

When you hear Heather Jackson laugh you know she’s having fun. It’s a loud, boisterous, genuine laugh. Why is she enjoying things so much? It’s all because of junk… or, as she would prefer you spell it: junque. Heather owns Rescued Relics in Wimberley where you can find all kinds of things you never knew you were looking for.

By the time Lynne and Bill Richardson leave their home in southern Ontario, Canada, winter is in full swing and they’re watching for a break in the snowstorms to begin their annual trip south. Their hometown of Alliston is approximately an hour north of Toronto. Although there is a huge Honda automotive plant, it’s mainly a rural area, with rolling hills and sod and potato farms.

Hill Country is famous for its great weather, beautiful scenery and fine restaurants and historical sites. But the number one thing that brings Winter Texans back to Hill Country each year are the people who live here and make them feel welcome. “What brings us back is the friendliness of the people,” said Virgil “Tom” Dock of Duluth, Minn., who spends the winter with his wife at Pecan Park Riverside RV Park in San Marcos. “No matter where you go, they have a smile on their fa ...

It’s unlikely you’ve ever seen anything like the Echo Gallery in Johnson City before. Even if you’ve visited here previously, it’s going to be different because everything here changes so frequently. At a quick glance, it might look cluttered but look carefully. You’ll discover unique fine art and vintage furniture, you’ll see trash turned into art, you’ll even see holes in the wall that owner Linda Haddock is quite proud of. Her goal here is to eliminate the barriers we ten ...

For the fifth consecutive fall, the eclectic Llano County Historical Museum will again expand its exceptional permanent collection by temporarily transforming itself into a world-class gallery and marketplace of Western-themed wonderment comprised of fine art, furniture, jewelry, riding tack, decorative items and more. Entitled Western Trappings on the Llano, this compelling juried show will again, as in the last four years, feature the finest in acclaimed artwork and craftsmanship rendered b ...