What is Slash? When our wildlife plan suggested we create brush piles and maintain “slash” I had no idea what slash meant. Well, below is a photo of slash, an architecturally stunning, mixed use high rise for birds in a prime location in the Little Piney area of the Lost Pines, Bastrop, Texas! Maintaining slashContinue reading
Author: Tammy Brown
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Slash: A Mixed Use High Rise Development for Birds
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Painting Landscapes at Little Piney
Painting at Little Piney Another thing I love about Little Piney is having a quiet, inspiring place to paint. I have been painting for about 5 years now. I’m inspired by nature and beautiful landscapes, and at Little Piney I am immersed in both. Painting Pine Trees The first day I spent painting landscapes atContinue reading
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A Picture Story: Whatcha’ Gonna do with a Little Canoe in the Garage
A large canoe was delivered to the house at Little Piney, and sat in the garage for 5 weeks because we didn’t have a way to get it to the lake. Lane came to visit, and he had an idea. Now I know why they say “You’ve got to learn to use thatContinue reading
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Butterflies at Little Piney
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear You’re a butterfly And butterflies are free to fly Fly away, high away, bye bye –Elton John and Bernie Taupin, 1975 I love how much I’m learning at Little Piney! With every butterfly, wildflower, bird, bug, and animal I discover at Little Piney, I find out more aboutContinue reading
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Wet Weather Spring, Robber Fly, and Nest Box Blues
Wet-weather Spring Dragonfly Pond was a gift of the Memorial Day weekend rains in Central Texas. This lovely pond is usually more of a shallow bog, maybe a foot deep at the deepest point. Water seeps out of its sandy bottom with the usual light rains we have. When we first saw a reddishContinue reading
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Dragonflies and Fairytales
Dragonflies rule the insect kingdom at Little Piney, at least in my mind. Like their namesake, the mythological dragon, they are both beautiful and fierce. Swift and deadly hunters, dragonflies fly forward at about 100 body-lengths per second, and backwards at about 3 body-lengths per second. This translates to up to 38 miles per hourContinue reading
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Nest Box Surprises
Newly hatched Eastern Bluebirds When I checked Box 2 by Dragonfly Pond today, I found two tiny baby bluebirds nestled together with three unhatched eggs . I’ve never seen baby birds this young before, all pink and blue with little wispy beginnings of feathers on their heads. If you zoom in you can seeContinue reading
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Dragonfly Pond at Little Piney
Gift from the rain: Dragonfly pond at Little Piney The rain left a gift for us at Little Piney–a beautiful pond. The pond was carved out by previous owners in a lovely curved shape, but the sandy bottom doesn’t hold water. For now, thanks to record rainfall, it’s full of water and life,Continue reading
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Waterlogged But Safe
Memorial Day Weekend Floods The Memorial Day Weekend floods had tragic results in Texas. Bastrop had it’s share of weather disaster with the Colorado River flooding and a dam breaking on small lake in Bastrop State Park. We were fortunate not to sustain any damage at Little Piney. and as new property owners, to findContinue reading
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Texas Wildflowers in Bloom at Little Piney
The wildflowers splash color across the fields and under the pines out here at Little Piney. Decorative and delightful to our eye, these blossoms are also very important to the ecosystem. Look up close, and you see that the blooms are little planets teeming with tiny flies and spiders. Or maybe I should say theyContinue reading