Behind the Painting

You could earn a couple of doctorate degrees at the University of Texas in Austin without ever running into the Texas Memorial Museum. Regardless, it’s one of my favorite quiet spots in Austin. This art deco-style building sits atop a bluff in the northwest corner of the 40 Acres, surrounded by thick oaks and lost among more modern […]

Everyone has heard of Barton Springs, but it’s hardly the only natural spring in Austin.   Springs are not uncommon throughout the Edwards Plateau Hill County of Texas.  As rainfall in the area soaks into the rocky terrain, it slowly dissolves the crumbly limestone beneath, creating cracks, channels and caverns where the water collects. Gravity and pressure