Highland Lakes Master Gardeners teach, inspire, and cultivate
Master Gardeners do more than grow gardens; they grow gardeners. They also grow produce for…
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Relish the fruits of your labors on National Gardening Day, April 14
National Gardening Day on April 14 is the perfect excuse to plant the seeds of…
Holland Ranch in Marble Falls rich in history and heritage
Ranching is “a heritage thing” to sisters Donna Holland Wilcox and Meredith Holland Clowdus of…
Remember When: Potts & Ater families leave lasting impact
Polly Krenek wakes up every morning in the same house she grew up in, although…
Picayune People: Fifth-generation rancher Hatch Smith Jr. takes over Llano hospital
A fifth-generation Llano cattle rancher now runs the Llano Memorial Hospital. Both are traditions in…
Four Evans family generations (and their dogs) raise champion Boer goats
People travel from across the country to buy Boer goats raised by Evans Livestock on…
An affair of the art: Highland Arts Guild turns 50
They just wanted to paint, so they got together and painted — and held meetings…
Model train hobbyists never stop working on the railroad
Crews of up to seven people are needed to operate the individual train sets of…
HIGHLAND LAKES HEALTH: Cardio drumming pumps up heart rate with moves and music
Participants feel the heat as they pound to the beat during cardio drumming classes at…
HIGHLAND LAKES HEALTH: Advice from local trainers on starting (and keeping) a workout routine
Gyms have fully adapted to the “new normal” after COVID-19 shut down much of the…
PICAYUNE PEOPLE: Burnet teacher Víctor Sánchez sings his way onto Spanish TV talent show
Burnet High School Spanish teacher Víctor Sánchez has talent, a lot of talent. You could…
HIGHLAND LAKES HEALTH: Keep it simple to keep kids moving
Misti Atkinson picked up her mobile phone, shaking her head. The physical education teacher at…
HIGHLAND LAKES HEALTH: Yoga Trapeze gives a lift to workout routines
Yoga Trapeze might look intimidating, but twisting into pretzel-shape poses while hanging from the ceiling…
Make a pop-up Valentine’s Day card in 6 easy steps
Valentine’s Day has been celebrated on February 14 in the United States since the mid-1800s….
HIGHLAND LAKES HEALTH: Dogs provide companionship and better living
The woman’s hand stroked Ben’s silver fur, going up and down his back several times….
PICAYUNE PEOPLE: Bagpiper Lorinda Peters brings sounds of Scottish Highlands to Highland Lakes
For Highland Lakes bagpiper Lorinda Peters, the music she elicits from an instrument the size…
HIGHLAND LAKES HELPERS: Residents ‘living out the Great Commission’
Many Highland Lakes residents have discovered their own unique ways of “living out the Great…
THAT’S MY JOB: Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Mike Barr
Cattle rustlers still plague today’s ranchers, which is why the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers…
The RV adventures of Smithwick birders Diane and Phillip Mitchell
Birding is an excuse to be outside and make new friends, according to Diane and…
Birding in the Highland Lakes: Novice Maria Whitsett waxes poetic
A notice in The Picayune about a raptor release turned Maria Whitsett of Marble Falls…
Birding in the Highland Lakes: Rancher Don Casey has keen eye for finer points of feathers
As a rancher, hunter, and fisherman, Don Casey of Cypress Mill has always lived his…
Birding in the Highland Lakes: James Reimer studies birds on boughs and in books
On Oct. 8 each year, James Reimer looks up in the sky and sees the…
Birding in the Highland Lakes: Sherry Bixler travels the globe
Sherry Bixler once spent three days sleeping on a wooden platform in Panama eating nothing…