The VFW Auxiliary invites high school students in Grades 9 - 12 to participate in the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. The contest, which began in 1979 to recognize upand- coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth, offers the firstplace winner from each state a chance to compete for national awards totaling $34,000.
If you have an existing garden, February is the time to discard any end-of-life plants or produce left behind. It’s never too early to begin planning for your existing garden spaces.
Photos by Suzanne Love
Yes, it’s winter in Central Texas. However, that doesn’t mean there is nothing for gardeners to do besides dream of spring. February is a great time to clean up your perennial beds and prepare for your spring vegetable garden.
Devices like smartphones and tablets have made many aspects of life easier and more efficient, and various tech products can do the same when working in the garden.
Photo from Metro Creative
Many people take to the great outdoors to escape the increasingly tech-driven daily grind. Though that’s an understandable perspective, gardeners who aren’t deploying tech in their home gardens could be missing out on a host of benefits that could help their plants, flowers and vegetables thrive.
A Swallowtail butterfly feeds on Mexican honeysuckle.
Photo by Susan Hanson
Society garlic sprouts new growth amid freeze-damaged leaves.
Photo by Cynthia Gonzales
Fallen leaves are natural mulch for planting bed.
Photo by Wizzie Brown, TAMU extension
February yards in San Marcos may look bleak and brown after freezing weather, yet many silently support wildlife, especially insect pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Spring Lake Garden Club’s first meeting of the new year featured an overview of how plants and insects depend on each other, especially in winter.
Left to right, Justin Mark as Jem Finch, Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, Melanie Moore as Scout and Steven Lee Johnson as cousin Dill Harris in the national tour of “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Photo by Julieta Cervantes
Tickets for the Broadway in Austin performance of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” go on sale Feb. 3 at 10 a.m.
The Wimberley Community Civic Club is pleased to continue its tradition of offering financial aid to area students who have a record of achievement and who require financial assistance to pursue ed
The Furly Birds by San Marcos artist Furly Travis are currently featured on Downtown SMTX banners throughout The Square.
Photos by Celeste Cook
A potential collaboration: A Furly Bird and the San Marcos mermaid.
Painting by Furly Travis
Furly with his Furly Bird Banner.
Photo submitted by Furly Travis
Local painter gets banner treatment downtown
Art subbmitted by the San Marcos Art League
The San Marcos Art League kicks off 2023 with a brand-new exhibit in collaboration with the Cenikor Foundation’s Project AIM that will feature works surrounding the topics of substance use, addiction and recovery. The exhibit will be showing at the San Marcos Art Center on The Square from Feb. 2-28. The exhibition’s opening reception will take place on Thursday, Feb. 2 from 5-7 p.m.
The Animal Welfare Institute notes that the following are some things that ordinary citizens can do to help local wildlife.
Photo from Metro Creative
As the world’s population has increased, so, too, has the need to accommodate such growth. Areas that were wild as recently as 100 years ago may have long since been overrun by housing and urban development, leaving little space for local wildlife to call home.
Some birds, like jays, cover themselves in ants. Actual ants.
Photo from Metro Creative
Today, let us consider five interesting facts about birds.
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