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• A White Christmas

  
  Outdoor Odyssey — Authority: 122
  Thursday, as we were leaving home, a slight sprinkle of snow, our second of the year, driven by a big wind, was falling.  The Christmas front had hit! Thinking to myself, If this snow keeps up, I could see my first white Christmas, never having been blessed with one in Virginia, Arizona, Georgia or my home, Houston ...
  9 hours ago

• Asters - floral oil painting colorado flowers

  
  Now or Never — Authority: 412
  Colorado Asters 5 X 15 Oil on canvas board $115 Includes shipping and insurance The snow has been falling all day and the wind has blown like nobodys business. Yesterday it was 79 degrees. I got sunburned working in the garden, and I was inspired to paint flowers! I awoke this morning to blustery winds, 32 degrees ...
  2 days ago

• It’s tamale time for the holidays!

  
  Perceptive Travel Blog — Authority: 422
  In Texas (and I assume other Southwestern US states) the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays means it’s time for tons of tamales.They are made year-round, of course, but are particularly prominent in December.From the excellent NPR story (with lovely photos) Tamales for Christmas Are A True Texas Tradition:“The ...
  2 days ago

• Photo of the Week: rather massive brownies at Rather Sweet Bakery

  
  Family Travel Guide — Authority: 111
  I know, it’s food overload this time of year, but how can you miss when it’s slab-sized brownies? These are from the Rather Sweet Bakery in German-tinged Fredericksburg, Texas . It’s tucked behind the historic building where Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz was born, just off of Main Street and down the road ...
  3 days ago

• COM: Santa makes an early visit

  
  milkriverblog — Authority: 128
  Thanks to Austin technology company S3 and Huffington Post Columnist Jim Moore, Santa (S3 CTO Mark Davies) flew in to Kerrville Municipal Airport Monday to spend the day with our kids and hand out stockings and gifts. S3 DEO Jack Holt and a host of Elves drove in from Austin to complete the North Pole entourage. ...
  3 days ago

• Hill Country Lane

  
  Nancy Medina Art — Authority: 122
  Hill Country Lane 24X24 Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas nancy@nancymedina.com Available: Daily Painters Gallery Hill Country Lane is a rendition of the quiet old roads that cross the miles of hills around Fredericksburg, Texas. There are many historic German stone houses back in these settlements and I often ...
  5 days ago

• Ham Fresh From the Hill Country Pit

  
  Diner's Journal — Authority: 641
  Hill Country is selling smoked hams for the holidays.
  1 week ago

• The Aromas of Terroir: A Wintery Day in Texas Wine Country

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 119
  The Aromas of Terroir: A Wintery Day in Texas Wine CountryI don’t know if you have had the same experience as I’ve had. That is, a visit to wine country in the winter after the wine is resting in the barrel room or bottle, and the vines that gave of themselves are asleep. My first [...]
  1 week ago

• Tim McGraw and Faith Hills Home Invaded by Elves!

  
  The Boot — Authority: 599
  Filed under: Country News Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have a lot of visitors at Christmas time. They not only have family members who come and go, but they also have three elves living at their house during the holidays! Their pint-sized house guests tend to cause a bit of mayhem, along with a lot of joy, for ...
  1 week ago

• GVTC Communications brings 40 Mbps to Texas users

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 143
  Texas-based Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative (GVTC) may not be near the size of telecom giant AT&T or the areas cable companies, but for residents that live in the Texas Hill Country and rural communities north of San Antonio, the service provider is offering a competitive 40 Mbps service over its Fiber to ...
  1 week ago

• Photo-Hiking in the Hill Country

  
  Serious Amateur Photography — Authority: 423
  Hill Country Hiking – Bandera, Texas Copyright © 2009 Jeff Lynch Photography Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on manual (M) using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens hand-held. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/11 for 1/30th of a second at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray warming polarizer. All post capture ...
  1 week ago

• Does Governor Perry have a Texas Wine Favorite?

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 119
  Does Governor Perry have aTexas Wine Favorite?From the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post….After Governor Rick Perry participated in the grand opening ceremonies at the National Museum of the Pacific War open on Monday, December 7, 2009, he made one last stop before returning to Austin. It was at Becker Vineyards ...
  1 week ago

• Legislators, HTGCD to try it again

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 149
  While it remains to be seen if the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) and Hays County legislators can iron out their differences, a process began last week with a plan to bring together stakeholders selected by State Representative Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs) and State Senator Jeff Wentworth ...
  1 week ago

• Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News - December 12, 2009

  
  VintageTexas — Authority: 119
  Write Off the Vine: Texas Wine News - December 12, 2009So you Want to Grow Grapes in Texas…it Pays to Have Information on Your side. Welcome to the Texas Winegrape Network, a comprehensive information resource for grape growers and wine makers.  Educational OpportunitiesViticulture & Enology Academic Program - ...
  2 weeks ago

• NAACP to reorganize Hill Country chapter

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 149
  Residents are invited to a reorganization meeting of the Hill Country Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
  2 weeks ago

• Dandy Coming At Ya - sunset afternoon horse running oil painting

  
  Now or Never — Authority: 412
  8 X 10 Oil on linen panel $125 Includes Shipping and insurance This one is similar to another I painted recently - this time with the horse running to the viewer. Is dry and will arrive in time for Christmas. Join me tonight in Dallas at the Dutch Art Gallery on NW Highway from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. I will be ...
  2 weeks ago

• A few items

  
  Eye on Williamson — Authority: 133
  The two faces of Kay, Two sides of Hutchison apparent as she files to run for governor . Both Kay Bailey Hutchisons showed up to file for governor Monday — Primary Kay and General Election Kay. Like hyperkinetic twins, they tended to talk over each other. Primary Kay is very conservative. She talks about ...
  2 weeks ago

• Zenyatta Wins - breeders cup winner thoroughbred racehorse breeders cup winner

  
  Now or Never — Authority: 412
  8 X 10 Oil on Linen Panel $125 Includes shipping and insurance in US This is an amazing mare. Fourteen races, fourteen wins - most of them from way behind. Breeders cup winner two years in a row. Mike Smith is the only jockey to ride her and Im sure he is sad over her retirement. Im sad because she didnt win ...
  2 weeks ago

• Winter Wonderland

  
  Outdoor Odyssey — Authority: 122
  On Friday, the fourth, it snowed in central Texas, in fact, it even snowed in our tropical cities of Houston an San Antonio!  In these two cities it snows about once every twenty-five years. Here in Mills County, the center of our State, it snowed for about an hour, some of it quite intense, and stayed on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Weekend: Seven choirs singing, six groups a-dancin’ …

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 149
  If you cant find anything to do around San Marcos this weekend, you are living in one of those sensory isolation boxes, tell you what.
  3 weeks ago

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