The Onset of COVID-19 The symptoms started on Monday—fever, dry cough, fatigue. I felt like I had a cold without sinus congestion but my skin had the sunburned feeling I get when I have a virus. The next day I learned I had been probably been exposed to COVID-19 the week before. I tried toContinue reading
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My COVID-19 Story
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Painting Birds
After the holiday rush of activities and celebrations, I was eager to get back to painting. However, I had a hard time feeling inspired. After several false starts with more serious subjects, I decided I needed to loose up and lighten up. I started painting birds and haven’t stopped! Some are finished and dry. TwoContinue reading
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Ecotherapy and Nature Connection–Healing and Thriving Naturally
Something changes in my body and mind when I turn down the tree-lined dirt road to Little Piney. I start to relax and feel calm. I roll down the windows, drive slowly, and take in the sounds of birds. By the time I pull up the to the house, I am smiling and sayingContinue reading
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Shredding and Other Accomplishments
Shredding My hands still tingle from clutching the steering wheel. I’m itchy, dusty, sweaty, and smiling. I just shut down the shiny orange tractor and surveyed my work, and I feel proud. Tractors are loud, powerful and a little bit dangerous. I just spent an hour on our Kioti, shredding over fields and driveways, listeningContinue reading
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Favorite Photos 2015–Part 2: Birds of Little Piney
Birds of Little Piney I am entranced by the birds at Little Piney. On our first morning, we awoke to bird sounds at dawn–Cardinals, Chipping Sparrows, Woodpeckers, and Crows. In the first days, we were greeted by a Turkey Vulture landing atop a dead pine, spreading his wings in the sun, slowly turning full circleContinue reading
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Mixed Flocks at Little Piney
Mixed Flocks Return Cool weather brings a return of “mixed flocks” to Little Piney. Fast moving, noisy, and often in the treetops, a mixed flock is a real challenge to identify and count. When a cloud of dark silhouettes descends on bare branches, chipping and flitting from branch to branch I’d better have myContinue 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