San Marcos Record photo by Lance Winter
Wimberley Institute of Cultures (WIC) will host its Harvest Moon Dinner and Dance on Sunday, Nov. 6. Taking place at the Historic Fischer Hall, 701 Fischer Store Road in Fischer, this event will feature a dinner catered by Old 300 BBQ from Blanco. Immediately following dinner Eric Hokkanen & Friends will provide the music for dancing under the full harvest moon. The event will also feature a silent auction.
A Cloudless Sulphur butterfly has found Soprano Salmon impatiens to be high on the nectar menu.
Tootie the Bichon stares down a Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly feeding on the Soprano Salmon impatiens.
Soprano Violet Shades and Soprano Salmon combine beautifully with Shadowland Autumn Frost hosta.
Photos by Norman Winter
Soprano Violet Shades and Soprano Salmon combine beautifully with Shadowland Autumn Frost hosta.
Photos by Norman Winter
Royal Hawaiian Maui Gold elephant ears and Soprano impatiens create a touch of the tropics.
Photo by Norman Winter
Soprano impatiens made their debut this year, and I can truthfully say I wish every flower I planted was this easy to grow. They arrived in 2022 with four colors Orange, Bright Red, Violet Shades and White. In 2023, Salmon and Rose will be added to the Soprano series.
Born in San Marcos, Eddie Durham is the pioneer of the electric guitar. Photos submitted by Linda Kelsey-Jones
Eddie Durham is a really big deal, and he’s from here.
Above, Radish & Dill's Cuban sandwich, which comes with slow cooked mojo pork shoulder, ham, melted Swiss cheese, house pickled cucumbers and classic yellow mustard on butter toasted French bread with house made chips. Below, Radish & Dill's deluxe grilled cheese. Daily Record photos by Nick Castillo & Lance Winter
Enter Radish & Dill and you’re quickly met with a friendly staff at the counter and the smell of fresh food.
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An un-pheasant truth: Some birds carry the names of unsavory characters.
Photo from Metro Creative
Oh my, lots of folks are unhappy with the names of birds.
Graphic submitted
Hays County Friends of the Night Sky announced that many area restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries will be celebrating Hill Country Night Sky Month with candlelight dining and drinking on the weekend of the full moon, Oct. 8 and 9.
Looking like pillars of chartreuse, Sweet Caroline Upside Key Lime ornamental sweet potatoes show why they were Blue Chip Award Winners in Louisiana.
Photo courtesy of LSU AgCenter Research Station, Hammond, La,
There is a real upside to two new sweet potatoes making their debut in 2023. I mean that tongue and cheek as that is actually part of their name, but their application in the landscape looks to be amazing. So here is the skinny, so to speak: Sweet Caroline Upside Key Lime and Sweet Caroline Upside Black Coffee are two climbing sweet potatoes that will be hot commodities in 2023.
Left, Della Lucio stands with Sofia White and right, Kristan Alvarez stands with Isaiah Deleon. Lucio and Alvarez of KnD’s Boutique presented the seniors with scholarships totaling $1000.
Photo by Gerald Castillo
Kristan Alvarez and her mother, Della Lucio of KnD’s Boutique awarded two scholarships totaling $1,000 to San Marcos High School seniors Isaiah Deleon and Sofia White. Both Rattler alumni, Alvarez — class of 2008 — and Lucio, class of 1982, presented the scholarships to White and Deleon at halftime during the San Marcos Rattlers football game on Friday, Sept. 23.
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