THE FLINT & FLOWERS BLOG

Things are blooming a little differently around Flint & Flowers this month. There’s concrete curing, lumber going up and even a Tiny House on the move. Our little storage house—temporarily home to linens and guest amenities—had to make quite a journey across the property to get out of the way. It’s now tucked mostly out of sight, awaiting its next adventure. In its place, something much more exciting is taking shape. We’re keeping a few surprises under wraps, but imagine an e

Photo courtesy of Texas Wine Jam October is Texas Wine Month, and one of the Hill Country’s best celebrations is happening right here in Johnson City. The 6th Annual Texas Wine Jam brings Texas wineries, winemakers, live music, food and a whole lot of bottles together for one very JAM-packed Saturday. Taste wines from established favorites, rising producers and wineries you may not have discovered yet—then buy your favorites directly from the people who made them. This year b

There was a schoolhouse out there once. Twelve feet by twenty – small enough you'd mistake it for a shed today. A minister held church in it. Children learned in it. And in the meadow beside it, neighbors played baseball. Then the rains stopped coming. Then, in 1952, they came all at once – a wall of water that left a cypress log wedged in oak trees eighty feet above the riverbed. The park brochures call it untouched wilderness. It isn't. Here's what's underneath your boots.

The heat that ruled all summer finally begins to loosen its grip. Mornings carry the faintest edge of cool, evenings stretch a little softer, and the light turns from white-hot to something gold and forgiving. Autumn hasn't quite arrived in the Hill Country — but you can feel it thinking about it. This is the season of the turn. The oaks hold their green a while longer, the roadsides trade summer's palette for goldenrod and Maximilian sunflowers, and overhead, the monarchs be

The film has three screenings on the calendar this fall, in three very different settings — one of them free from wherever you happen to be sitting. The Stones are Speaking is the story of the Gault site in Central Texas, where the record of human presence runs back some 20,000 years, and of Mike Collins, who spent decades getting the land out of the hands of looters and into the hands of researchers. SEPT. 22 – AARP has chosen The Stones Are Speaking for its Movies for Grown

September in the Hill Country doesn't announce itself with cool mornings – the change shows up in the light, in grasses turning gold, in evenings arriving earlier than expected. Drawing on Monet, who painted the same subject over and over because the light never repeated, and Van Gogh, who made ordinary things extraordinary by looking hard at them. This month, I discuss how Pedernales and Flint and Flowers offer the same invitation: come back, look again, see what changed.

Sometimes, a small change can make an everyday ritual feel a little more thoughtful. That’s the idea behind our shampoo and conditioner bars: good for your hair, easy to pack, and kinder to the planet. The Shampoo Bar offers a gentle, plant-powered cleanse with Ayurvedic Amla + Shikakai, Argan Oil, Baobab Protein, and Vitamin B-5 to help strengthen, hydrate, and add healthy shine. Pure essential oils provide a natural aromatherapy experience. The Conditioner Bar brings togeth