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Texas Highways magazine April issue features wildflowers, redesign
My mom gets Texas Highways magazine at her home, and every time I visit I thumb through any issues I haven’t seen.
The April issue always showcases breathtaking wildflower blooms from across the state. That remains the case, but this year it also marks a redesign for the magazine.
Read on below in a news release sent by the magazine. Click the image for a larger shot of the April magazine.
Wildflower aficionados across the state (and beyond) look forward to the April issue of Texas Highways, which always features an extravaganza of beautiful blooms. This year is no exception—the April issue includes 27 pages, not counting the covers, of dynamite wildflower images—but that’s not the only thing that makes it special. Along with wildflower season, this issue launches a redesign, the fifth in the magazine’s 35-year history.
“We’re fired up about the new look,” says Editor Charles Lohrmann. “The redesign confirms the importance of the Texas Highways legacy, which represents decades of popularity and excellence, but creates ways for us to make the photographs and text work better than ever, and to offer even more information about travel in the Lone Star State.”
One of the recurring themes of the new format is “Go. See. Do.” For April, those imperatives are linked to diverse wildflower drives offering floral displays from bluebonnets to bladderworts, plus intriguing stops and overnight stays. The article covers bountiful vistas in four parts of the state — El Paso, Big Bend, northeast Texas, and the Brenham-Chappell Hill area. Another story takes the opposite approach and zeroes in on the glory of singular, perfect specimens, resulting in portraits of wildflowers that reveal spectacular details.
A story on Chappell Hill’s picturesque downtown, along with the area’s scenic byways, miniature horses, and vintage rose garden, promises more spring adventures, while a profile of Texas pitching legend Nolan Ryan rounds out the features. The Alvin native talks about buying his first baseball glove and the path to becoming a rancher, successful businessman, and president of the Texas Rangers.
The revamped departments offer their share of enticements, too, with true tales of sailing on a pirate ship in the Laguna Madre, visiting a 1912 soda fountain in Highland Park, and reveling in the joyful atmosphere of Muenster’s Germanfest. It’s springtime in Texas. Go. See. Do.
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