F riends sat at our kitchen table recently talking about the most serious predicament: Mountain City subjected to presentation of an Interlocal Agreement by City of Kyle, engineered by Hays County, that would rip a massive chunk of Mountain City’s ETJ and give it to Kyle. A brown-headed cowbird prov...

By Pauline Tom N ow, the story of the Memorial Day Weekend 2015 Adventure of KissMe, our little Great White Hunter with Red Spots. That Saturday, doing what long-bodied and short-legged KissMe does, a rattlesnake did what rattlers do when threatened. RonTom and I will mark that weekend “the time Kis...

(Disclaimer: This Montage is biased, unabashed personal opinion.)   H eavy hearts fill our city as those so near to us have lost homes and possessions and pets – even human life – in the catastrophic flooding of Memorial Day 2015. By the time this column prints, we will hear of opportunities to help...

K issMe, leashed, lunged as we stepped out on Saturday afternoon. Red, yellow and black ribbons on a long slender slithering serpent summoned me to summoning RonTom and shove KissMe inside. If a coral snake’s mouth should latch onto KissMe’s loooooong tongue, that long-bodied clown would be a goner....

Mountain City’s Council Meeting this week started seven hours after my deadline, so please look elsewhere in this week’s paper for a follow-up to last week’s front page story that reported from the Kyle City Council a draft Letter Agreement for the City of Mountain City, proposing a swap that would ...

M ontage’s looming deadline leaves me without the rest of the story.  Here I am, wandering around in emails.  I started with, “What does misc-84 mean?  Mark, please explain your agenda item.  Why would an interlocal agreement be needed? What might it do?  Sorry I have no clue.” Commissioner Jones’ (...

I t’s “Bambi” time. Axis breed year-round. We notice white-tail fawn in late April and May. Annual reminder: if you see an apparently “abandoned” fawn, leave it alone. Doe often safely leave their baby bedded down for hours while they forage. TPWD says, “If the fawn is not crying, is not covered wit...

By Pauline Tom A hhhhhh! The fragrances of springtime. Wisteria fragrance wafting in the air beckons Rebecca Schroeder to “linger on the front porch, sit back in one of the white wicker chairs, kick up my heels, and browse through a Southern Living or Better Homes and Gardens magazine to get the cre...

A pril showers bring May flowers. Here, grasses and wildflowers and flowerbeds were well-brought by late March. Spring Break showers made difficult necessitated mowing. When the sun broke through on Sunday afternoon, hums of mowers and weed eaters filled the air. How much rain did we get on Saturday...

N ow’s the time of year when sights from Mountain City yards can fill Montage’s inches. Lesser goldfinches weigh heavily this week. These little 0.33 ounce black and gold birds hang every which way on our finch feeders filled with thistle (“niger”) seed from Home Depot. The Wagner brand and the stor...