Fishing & Boating....................................................4-5 Family Fun............................................................. 6-8 Shopping............................................................ 9-13 Home and Garden

ARANSAS FLOWER COMPANY has been providing the Coastal Bend area with exquisitely designed floral arrangements for decades. The owner, Sandy, and the girls take the time and creativity to make sure you are delighted with your flowers. Brides will be a little less stressed knowing the girls care as much about your flowers being perfect as you do. They will help you choose the perfect flowers to compliment you and your venue. Weddings, Birthdays, Mother’s Day, Prom or ordinary days can be made special with flowers from the Company! Open Monday through Friday 8am-5pm and Saturday 8am-12pm. Located at 2106 W. Wheeler Ave. next door to McCoy’s. See their web page at www.AransasFlowerCompany.com and Facebook.com/ AransasFlowerCompany or call at 361-758-9191

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QUARTERS invites their birding friends to visit them in downtown Rockport. This is a cool stop for those birders exploring the area. Books and identifiers for birders, updated information about birding tours and trips, bird houses and martin houses, bird feeders of all kinds and much more, including unique birding gifts, wind socks, flags, whirly things and colorful kites! Featured are Dovie Howard’s popular hand painted and embroidered wearable art with bird motifs on Ts, totes and caps. Enjoy the birding photography of Diane Loyd whose images of Rockport birding are in many collections. This unique mother and daughter artist team invites you to enjoy all things birding. Also check out “Diane Loyd’s Hummer House” for rent. Visit on line at www.SaltflatsPhotography.com Find them downtown at 415 South Austin St. #10 in Rockport. 361-790-9700 SONGBIRD CHIC, Decor for Your Nest is your go to place for Unique Painted Furniture, Table Linens, Scentchips and much more for your home and garden. Chimes, signs, clocks, aprons, kitchen linens, coffee cups and many items with a Farmhouse flair. They also have a delicious selection of Chocolates that will have you craving to come back. This is the perfect places to find the special gift and card for someone you cherish. Stocking a beautiful selection of candles, scents, journals, Bibles, covers, devotionals and so much more! Located at 416 S. Austin St. in the Cultural Arts District. Open Monday-Saturday 10am-5:30pm and Sunday 1pm-4pm Follow them on Facebook or Call at 361-450-1418

MOORE THAN FEED feels just like your hometown farm and ranch store should, with friendly faces and genuine interest in your animals and your garden projects. Tack, gloves, Circle E candles, Fairy Garden items, Corinthian wind chimes, Kinetic Spinner Art, Windsocks are featured along with Mexican pots for patio or planting. Try their selections of Dot’s Pretzels, Dublin’s Sodas, Carolina Peanuts of assorted flavors, Conie’s assorted flavored Jellypenos and pickles, locally harvested honey and Chupacabra rubs and sauces. This is a great source for local gardening information. Go organic! Green thumb types will find seeds, starts, bedding plants, home and garden potting soils, fertilizers and soil conditioners. Large selection of organic and natural insecticides and fertilizers for local pests like mosquitoes, fleas, flies and woolly worms. If you are planning a pond, or trying to care for one, there are ornamental accents and bio-friendly treatments for water and fish to keep your pond healthy ... Look at the “disappearing water” fountains. Explore the special outside landscaped area and you will see actual vegetable and ornamental plants that grow well in our south Texas climate. Stop in and visit! www.MooreThanFeed.com Tues.-Fri. 8:30 AM til 5:30 PM and 8:30 AM til 4 PM Saturday. 902 W. Market (FM 1069) between Hwy 35 business and the bypass. 729-4909 www.Rockport-Guide.com