Motorist passing through Central Texas and the Hill Country may have noticed large numbers of butterflies swarming the roadways and countryside. The winged critter is known as the American Snout and it is on migration.
Let’s face it; living in the Wimberley Valley has an effect on all who move here. It happens and you don’t even realize it. Maybe it’s just being out in the country, but it seems people around here care more about nature and helping neighbors in need. Retaining the character of those who came before us who depended on each other just to survive.
Fall is the season to plant wildflower seeds for the future. Keep Wimberley Beautiful periodically scatters wildflower seeds along our roadways.
Jason Lawson thought the antlers on mule deers were beautiful. He loved the grace, the symmetry, the balance.
The Hill Country Community Band will perform a free, outdoor concert on Sunday, October 18, at 4:00 P.M. The concert venue will be at the Blanco River Academy pavilion, behind the main building, located at 501 Old Kyle Road. Considering the titles on the song list, a fitting theme might be “The Swingin’ Sixties,” since the performance features favorites from that musically diverse decade.
I have had in my yard for some time a lovely deer proof, freeze proof, and drought tolerant vine that blooms prolifically all summer. I always just called it a Butterfly Vine because after its yellow blooms turned a lovely soft green and then a medium brown, the unique seed seed pods formed. They were quite obviously butterfly shaped. I never really knew the name of the vine or anything about it.
The founding of the town of Wimberley is embodied in the Winters-Wimberley House in front of the Community Center. Back in those early days the walls were 18” thick in order to stop the arrows of the Native Americans.
It appears there may be another use for the karst topography and cave like nature of the Texas Hill Country.
The rains we have received in September certainly pleased our plant environment. The Kidneywood trees (white spiral blossoms) and Cenizo bushes (rosy lavender blooms) have been just waiting for the opportunity to bloom. The pollinators are certainly active now.
Grab your wheels, whatever type you might have, and ride them on over to Blue Hole Regional Park for Wimberley Wheels on Wednesday nights from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Jordan Price, the honorary consul of Malawi, who was featured in The View recently, conducted a tea tasting that attracted 120 participants from Africa, Australia, Europe — and Wimberley.
They say the stars are big and bright in the heart of Texas.
Wimberley High School students competed in the first speech and debate contest of the season on September 12. The La Vernia TFA Bear Brawl was virtually hosted by La Vernia High School. Three WHS teams competed in CX Debate, they were: Daniel Morgan and Dani Perez, Rex Jackson and Jackson Delhagen, and Elysia Becken and Evie Jennings. All three of the teams went 2-2 at the tournament.
Volunteerism is a huge part of the DNA that makes up Wimberley. In the past it might have been, “hey Joe’s cattle are out, let’s round them up,” or ‘let’s help raise a barn for the neighbors.” Through the 150 years, it progressed to helping others, with the floods or picking up garbage on the roads. The Wimberley Way is still here and flourishing.
P.O. Box 49
Wimberley, TX 78676
Phone: 512-847-2202
Fax: 512-847-9054
