How to Learn Watercolor in Abilene. Learn art, watercolor and more at the adult workshops at The Grace Museum. So, here we are. Taking steps out of our comfort zone and learning new creative skills. Abilene is lucky to have so many opportunities for growth and creativity like the workshops at The Grace. I thought I would pass on some tips for you on how to "best" learn to … [Read more...]
Make These Doggie Bow Ties Today
You know you love to dress up your dog. Don’t deny it. We saw you loving the Pet Issue. So, we thought you might like a little DIY doggie bow-tie project for the summer to dress up your fur-babies! Because that’s what you do when you have extra free time right? Hey so I awhile back I went through a phase of making bow ties for my fur baby, Murphy. Look at this guy. What a … [Read more...]
How to Celebrate in Abilene: Fourth of July
Hands up if your family tradition was to buy and wear matching old navy Fourth of July shirts. 🙋 Those things still remind me of sweaty summer nights, sparklers and the smell of gun powder and burning hair. Oh, the memories that can be made with backyard fireworks. Fireworks are fundamentally important to celebrating Independence Day. Be they real, or … [Read more...]
Western Heritage Weekend: An Event to Be Scene
Western Heritage Classic and the West Texas Fair and Rodeo are just two of the annual rodeo events hosted in Abilene. For someone uninvolved with the Rodeo scene (like myself) it’s easy to be at a loss for how to navigate the topic. Covered in this issues’ Fake Your Way Through, Brady Sloane provides a few tips and tricks. So, naturally, I thought I’d test the waters and … [Read more...]
The 10 Emotional Stages of Climbing a Wind Turbine
A Visual Essay The Look Inside for the May issue of Abilene Scene will definitely take you to new heights. If you haven’t ventured a peek yet, we take a look inside a wind turbine. A Siemens 2.3MW, to be exact. The written verbal tour given by the resident Abilene Scene blogger, yours truly. There were plenty of feels to be felt on this particular excursion, as our … [Read more...]