🌱 How a Blanco-area homeschooler ended up working in Yellowstone

Hello Blanco! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Blanco-area homeschooler ended up working in Yellowstone

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Very warm with sunshine, with a high of 91 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 67.
• Friday: Variable clouds; windy, warm, with a high of 91 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• From Hill Country to Yellowstone: Lizzy Wheat's story of growth and resilience (texannews.net) — A young woman who grew up just outside Blanco is taking the resilience and confidence she built in the Hill Country all the way to a seasonal job in Yellowstone National Park. Raised on a rural property near Blanco and homeschooled before college, she found her calling in event planning, ecotourism, and campus leadership, and now urges other students to embrace discomfort and new opportunities.
   

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📸 Around Blanco

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Blanco

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Thursday May 14

• Track - State Meet @ Austin
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
• AP ART HISTORY EXAM
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
  8:00 am
• AP SPANISH LANGUAGE & CULTURE EXAM
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
  8:00 am
• Volunteer Work Day
  Blanco State Park BlancoStatePark Map&Directions
  9:00 am
• 2ND GRADE ECONOMIC FAIR
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
  1:00 pm
• PowderPuff Football
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
  4:00 pm
• Middle School Awards Night
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
  6:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Culinary @ BBQ Luncheon
  BLANCO ISD Blanco, TX 78606
  11:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday May 16

• Skins, Skulls, Scales and Scat
  Pedernales Falls State Park PedernalesFallsStatePark Map&Directions
  10:00 am
• Staring at the Sun (Safely)
  Pedernales Falls State Park PedernalesFallsStatePark Map&Directions
  3:00 pm
• Live Music: All Hat No Cadillac →
  Round Mountain Cider Mill, 222 Lee Ln, Round Mountain
  7:00 pm
• Hiking to the Stars
  Pedernales Falls State Park PedernalesFallsStatePark Map&Directions
  8:45 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I JUST HAD TO MAKE THIS BIRD FEEDER!
  The birds are gonna love this one The stairs are next and I have to decide on what color for the base. I’m thinking green.. UPDATE: Due to all the… (Nextdoor Blanco-Narrows Road)

• Sonic Corporation posted a job opening for Carhop or Skating Carhop in Blanco. Apply here.
• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Crew Member in Blanco. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blanco here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Canyon Lake

• Learn to Swim Confidently -- and Safely -- in Canyon Lake (mycanyonlake.com)
• May 11 Lake & River Conditions for Canyon Lake (mycanyonlake.com)
• Floating Docks and Data Centers on the Agenda for Thursday's Commissioners Court Meeting (mycanyonlake.com)

Wimberley

• Billy Rhyne: Building Community and Integrity at Horseshoe Ridge RV Resort (valiantceo.com)

Dripping Springs

• Camp Lucy's New Live Fire BBQ Experience Brings Texas Pitmasters to Dripping Springs (austinfoodmagazine.com)
• 1975 Volvo C304 6x6 Military Truck Surfaces as Rugged Overlanding Icon (motorious.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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