I'll be in TEXAS when the BLUEBONNETS BLOOM!

SPRING TIME in TEXAS! Sublime!

It's the BIG ONE.... a "200 Year FLOOD" of WILDFLOWERS in the BEAUTIFUL Hill Country near Historic Fredericksburg, Tx!

Bluebonnets on Texas Hill Country Back-roads!

Forget about "Chicken Soup for Your Soul"! How about some Willow City Loop for Your Soul! Explore the BEAUTY and WONDER!

Pair THIS! Texas Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush!

Spring 2015 - A 200 Year Flood of Wildflowers!

A 2015 Roadside Attraction! A bumper year for WILDFLOWERS! Fredericksburg, Texas is a BEAUTIFUL place to be...

When EVERYTHING comes together... COLOR your Spring!

It's like LIVING in a WATERCOLOR!

A Splash of WILDFLOWER COLOR on US Hwy 290 Near Fredericksburg!

Birds! Bees! Butterflies! Miracles with Wings!

April 24 - 26, 2015 - Wings Over the Hills Nature Festival! LOOK UP! There are AMAZING WINGS in the TEXAS skies! Birds, Bees, Butterflies, and Bats! Miracles that FLY! Join us in Fredericksburg, Texas, for a CELEBRATION of FLIGHT! For the schedule of events and to purchase tickets online, visit: www.wingsoverthehills.org

April 2015 Showers of Flowers

The April Flowers of Spring 2015 have got to be the "Two Hundred Year Flood" of Wildflowers!

Once in a while everything falls together so perfectly... Rain and Sun... last freezing weather! It's a MIRACLE! Come Witness the Beauty of the 2015 WILDFLOWER Season in the TEXAS HILL COUNTRY!

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

Beautiful! Beautiful Texas Bluebonnets!

Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and give strength to body and soul alike. - John Muir

The Number One TEXAS Roadside Attraction

Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.

- John Harrigan

Mexican Poppies on the Back-roads of Texas!

You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

- Henry David Thoreau

The Two-Hundred Year Flood of Texas Bluebonnets!

Restore Your Soul... Find a View!

Experience the BACK-ROADS of the TEXAS Hill Country! Fredericksburg, Tx to Mason on Hwy 87.

Joie de Vivre! Indulge! Renew! Live Well! 

Texas Bluebonnets

Purple Verbena

Mason County Red Dirt Roads

Corn Poppies at Becker Vineyards

Corn Poppies at Wildseed Farms

Fields Where Scarlet Poppies Run

Indian Paintbrush

The Texas Wildflower, Indian Paintbrush, has the colors of a sunset in every blossom!

Wild Primrose

Phlox

Hot Pink Phlox on the Back-Roads Near Fredericksburg, Texas!

Think About How Many Flowers Have Stars at Their Centers!

A rabbit's view of a phlox flower and opening bud. The geometry at the center of each is amazing... STARS and PINWHEELS in the Wildflowers of Texas!

Prairie Verbena at Pedernales Cellars Near Fredericksburg, Tx

2015 Wine and Wildflower Trail

Get your tickets NOW for the 2015 Wine and Wildflower Trail, April 10 - 26, 2015. Spring time in the Texas Hill Country is GLORIOUS,... it's no wonder that this is the most popular Trail Event hosted by the Texas Hill Country Wineries. The Wine and Wildflower Trail extends for 17 days, so there's plenty of time to visit most, if not all, of the member wineries. Explore the Heart of Texas Wine Country on scenic back-roads that will deliver you to world class wine experiences in the beautiful hills of Texas! Raise your favorite glass of Texas Wine... a Toast! Follow the Grape, vine to glass! Here's to YOU and your TEXAS WINE COUNTRY ADVENTURES! Go out and make memories...

2015 Wine and Wildflower Trail, April 10 - 26th, in the beautiful
Texas Hill Country

For more information and to order Wine and Wildflower Trail Tickets online, visit:

www.texaswinetrail.com

Spring Farmers Market in Fredericksburg Opens May 7, 2015

Join Us in Fredericksburg, Tx for a FARM to TABLE FEAST

GET FRESH!
Whenever possible buy locally grown and produced foods for your family's table. Nothing tastes as GOOD as FRESH! 
When you serve freshly harvested, vine ripened fruits and vegetables and grass-fed meats and poultry the nutritional content of the meals you prepare is significantly higher! Whether you live in Fredericksburg, or you're on vacation in the Texas Hill Country, a Thursday afternoon visit to the Fredericksburg Farmers Market is a Farm to Table EXPERIENCE you don't want to miss!

 

Chef Reymer Pops a WOW-Factor Pizza in the Oven

The 8th Spring Market begins May 7th, and continues every Thursday, 3 - 7pm, thru August 2015. RAIN or SHINE! You can find the Spring Market at the Marktplatz Kinder Halle Outdoor Pavilion in the 100 block of Main Street behind the fire station, next to the children's play-scape. Opening bell rings at 3pm... Chef Reymer is popping his WOW-factor, handcrafted pizzas into the brick oven, the delicious fragrance of Sunset Grill Lamb Sliders is wafting through the air, lively Music keeps your feet tapping... It's a Community Happening!

A DELICIOUS Taste Sensation from the Chef's Corner

You can make an evening of it. Do your shopping then create an amazing locavore picnic. If you want a little Farm Fresh inspiration, stop by "Chef's Corner" where you'll find the weekly Guest Chef creating a fabulous TASTING EXPERIENCE for your sampling pleasure! Visit all the vendors and stock up for the week, then gather a picnic supper... a loaf of freshly Baked Artisan Bread, some Hand Crafted Goat Cheese, a hot out of the oven pizza, lamb sliders, a bottle of Texas Wine from the participating local wine partner... add some Vine Ripened Tomatoes, Peppers, and Fresh Cut Basil! PRESTO! Dinner al Fresco! DELICIOUS!

Find a place at a picnic table, eat FRESH and enjoy live music with old and new Farmer's Market Friends! Bon Appetit from the Texas Hill Country! Here's to FRESH! Salut!

Carrots of Many COLORS

Organic Beets and Onions

Go out and Get Some TEXAS BLUE!

Wildflower Season in the Texas Hill Country, around Fredericksburg, is somewhat variable.
The 2014 - 2015 winter has been wet and COLD....  BRRRRRRR! PERFECT conditions to produce a bounty of SPRING COLOR and FLAVOR! Wildflowers and Peaches! Keep your fingers crossed! I'll let you know how the Bluebonnets are growing! REDBUDS, Flowering Quince, Mountain Laurel, and phlox begin in early March.

TEXAS RED BUD BURSTING INTO SPRING!

MAKING MOUNTAIN LAUREL HONEY!

A BLANKET OF FIERY PINK ACROSS THE HILLSIDE! FIRST IS PHLOX!

Bluebonnets are usually at their peak around the middle of April, but sometimes they begin much earlier in the season, if it's an early spring, and they reach their peak earlier, as well.

BLUEBONNET BLANKETS... EARLY MARCH 2013

BLUEBONNETS EARLY ON THE SCENE MARCH 3RD SPRING 2013

APRIL 4, 2013... YEAR OF THE PERFECT SPRING!

LLANO COUNTY BLUEBONNETS IN EARLY APRIL 2014

EARLY APRIL... FAT and SASSY! SPRING 2014

EARLY MORNING SUNSHINE on EARLY BLOOMING
TEXAS BLUEBONNETS! End of March 2014

Go Out and Discover TEXAS Color!

Golden Rod and the Big Blue Barn at the Arnosky Family Farm - Blanco, Texas

Discover TEXAS COLOR! Fresh cut flowers, garden plants, vegetables, herbs, eggs and artisan goat cheese in the BIG BLUE BARN at the corner of FM 2325 and FM 165, 8 miles east of Blanco, TX.
Eat FRESH! Support the Texas Hill Country Economy! Buy LOCAL! And don't forget to thank your neighborhood FARMERS! Our food is in their hands!
The Arnosky Family Farm, owned and operated by Pamela and Frank Arnosky, is a sustainable 100 acre farm located in the beautiful Texas Hill Country between Blanco and Wimberley. The Weekend Market, in the Big Blue Barn, is open year 'round and it is a FEAST of COLOR... in the field and on the table! Choose from vibrant freshly cut flowers, seasonal bedding plants for your garden, farm fresh eggs and Pure Luck Artisan Goat Cheese! The barn was built the old fashioned way... with the help of many friends from the community! A BARN RAISING PARTY! And, so, in a sense it belongs to everyone!

"Many hands make light the work!" - Amish 

Several times a year the Arnosky's throw a Community Barn STOMP! Everyone is invited! Lively music pours out of the windows and doors of the Big Blue Barn into the Texas night... it's a family affair! Folks are dancing, laughing and dining on the AMAZING Pot Luck offerings brought by the guests... from Southern Comfort Food, freshly baked breads and desserts to Vegan Sushi and Vegetarian Quiche, the food is as colorful as the crowd! 

If you're LUCKY you'll be there!