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Texas Hill Country Magazine

October-December 2015 Issue

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Following the Trail of Lights
It is always with great anticipation that I wait for the first lights of the Holiday season.  My Christmas memories always include at least one drive to ooh and ah over beautiful strings of lights that adorned homes. I grew up where homes dotted the landscape in the middle of cotton fields.
By your local Texas Hill Country Girlfriend
Hey Girlfriends, It’s almost hunting season and you know what that means! It’s time to take time out for yourself! Relax, decompress and get the royal treatment! While he’s off with his buddies this Fall, come melt away in relaxation at one of Fredericksburg’s amazing Day Spas! Get a wrap and a massage, breathe in the aromatherapy and come out smooth as a baby’s bottom!
What makes a singer great? Is it the tone of their voice, or the way they swing their hips? While both can catapult a singer into stardom, usually, it's a song that takes a singer from the small stage, to the world.  A song can take an unknown and send them straight to the top of the charts. In celebration of those guys and gals who pen the words to those songs, Jim Halfpenny, Laurie Halfpenny and Dave Niemeyer have organized the 2015 Dri ...
It may be the ultimate Throwback. An era that was finished now lives—not in huge numbers, but the industry is breathing. It’s not The End just yet. The MGM Lion roars; the Columbia Beacon shines; that Warner Brothers “WB” is coming at you. The first reel is ready at the Drive-In theater. “I was mentored by my grandfather,” Ryan Smith told me one balmy summer night.
Turning Goat’s Milk into Sudsy Bars
For generations, the Kuebel family has called Blanco County home. Their 60-acre farm, located just about four miles west of Blanco, is home to four generations, all of whom work together tending to the variety of livestock and pets that share the land that overlooks the Blanco River. Like a lot of Hill Country farms, the Kuebels raise goats.
Wimberley Trail of Lights Shines Bright
Wimberley may be a small town, but it does the winter holidays up in a big way. The EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens presents its impressive Trail of Lights November 28 through December 29 while the Wimberley Merchants Association has something for everyone on the Wimberley Square on December 12.
Turning Goat's Milk into Sudsy Bars
For generations, the Kuebel family has called Blanco County home. Their 60-acre farm, located just about four miles west of Blanco, is home to four generations, all of whom work together tending to the variety of livestock and pets that share the land that overlooks the Blanco River. Like a lot of Hill Country farms, the Kuebels raise goats.
I have been blessed to hunt in the hill country my entire life.  I was born in San Saba County in the late sixties and have hunted here ever since.  I loved it so much in fact, I have turned my avocation into my vocation.
"Tuck the stock in tight to your shoulder, move your head forward until you have a good sight picture with no black around the edges. Take a deep breath, let half of it out, hold the rest, and slowly squeeze the trigger, while keeping the crosshairs steady where you want the bullet to go." My son's best friend, Mason, was sitting at my sighting-in table, his lanky frame folded up like a pretzel, with his arms wrapped around my Remington Model 788 .222 as if it were going to try to escape.
Follow the Lights
It is always with great anticipation that I wait for the first lights of the Holiday season. My Christmas memories always include at least one drive to ooh and ah over beautiful strings of lights that adorned homes. I grew up where homes dotted the landscape in the middle of cotton fields.
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