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Wimberley’s Queen Bee has something for everyone.
That’s no exaggeration. You’ll realize it’s the truth the second you step into this palace of what owner Mary Van Ostrand has labeled Fabulous Finds, Uncommon Goods, and Antiques.
An unassuming San Angelo art teacher wanted to change chicken coops into art galleries. This figment of Roger Allen’s imagination has not only become reality, it’s become a unique attraction and an oasis of art, culture and creativity out on the edge of West Texas.
Despite the proverbial jokes, fruitcake remains a holiday favorite and in Texas of course, the pecan pie reigns king of desserts at any time of year. And although homemade is wonderful, for most of us, it’s simply too time-consuming or it doesn’t turn out like Grandma’s.
Mourning doves? — You'll have to look a long time to find a quarry that's more fun to hunt. Or more frustrating. Me, I've been chasing doves for more than 60 years now and I still haven't figured them out. Sure — I know they enjoy a dead mesquite limb like I do my favorite La-Z- Boy.
John Taylor believes anytime is a good time to go nuts.
In today's "ready-to-eat society," as he describes it, those morsels courtesy of Mother Nature are portable, delicious and, best of all, nutritious, says the CEO of Texas Star Nut and Food Co., one of the nation's largest providers of snacking nuts, baking nuts, dried fruit, trail mixes, seeds and confections such as dark-chocolate almonds.
From the company's bustl ...
John Taylor believes anytime is a good time to go nuts.
In today’s “ready-to-eat society,” as he describes it, those morsels courtesy of Mother Nature are portable, delicious and, best of all, nutritious, says the CEO of Texas Star Nut and Food Co., one of the nation’s largest providers of snacking nuts, baking nuts, dried fruit, trail m ...
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,"
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.
"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.
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.
