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Despite battling the heat, guests were still able to celebrate “Pearl of a Party” as Wimberley Glassworks celebrated their 30th anniversary.

Susanna’s Kitchen returns to the Wimberley Valley this Thursday night at the United Methodist Church of Wimberley as the concert series kicks off with singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves on June 16.

As the days get longer and the temperature gets higher with no rain relief in sight, we really appreciate the plants that can take the Texas summers. Our summer bloomers are making their appearance.

A friend recently mentioned that, because of her allergies, she must go inside anytime her husband sprays outside. I hope you will join me in doing it the natural way by making your own herbicides and pesticides that will not bother humans and will kill only the undesired plants or insects. Any treatment that kills indiscriminately interferes with our food chain, and that is potentially harmful to species like us at the top of the chain. Spot spraying with safe products is much safer for all of us and should be the Wimberley Way.

The grand unveiling of the Bloom statue took place Thursday morning at the EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens as members of the community, the Wimberley Valley Art League and members of the Rogers family gathered on top of the hill for the ceremony.

The Keep Wimberley Beautiful organization has awarded Eagle Mountain Flag and Flagpole owners Daniel and Lisa Pitcher their quarterly Keep Wimberley Beautiful award for their work on maintaining and beautifying their business.

While most Wimberley High School students were working on their exams on math, science, English and history, five other local “students” are working on passing their first exam.

This year’s Wimberley VFW Independence Day rodeo is the continuation of a summer tradition dating almost to the beginning of settlement in the valley.

I had a little trouble trying to come up with a topic for this week’s column so I walked out into the yard, sat down on a bench, and looked around. Voila! Four blooming plants caught my attention.

“Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”

At the Emily Ann Butterfly Festival in April I set up a display of currently blooming native flowers. I was at the Hays County Master Naturalist booth. My first thought when I was asked to put on my display this year (I have done it many times in past years) was, “Oh no, with the drought I don’t have many native plants blooming.”

For the first time since 2019, the annual Wimberley Ace Hardware street dance made its grand return as Wimberley Valley residents gathered in the parking lot to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Wimberley Ace Hardware.

The Jacob’s Well Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrated their 30th anniversary this month culminating in a tea party gathering for local members as well as some members from the state chapter members.