Annual hill country photo contest now open

Springtime may just be the best time to live in the Hill Country. Bluebonnet blooms give way to fields of firewheels as flights of butterflies swoop across winding roads and migrating songbirds return to their summer homes.

In many places, recent rains have greened things up and allowed local swimming holes a brief respite before the summer heat hits in full force.

Picturesque small towns are bustling on the weekends with spring concert series and mural unveilings – like the one in Kerrville on Saturday, 5/4.