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
Category: Lost Pines Life
The Lost Pines Life is about living respectfully with wildlife, protecting the environment, thriving on the peace, healing with nature, and following the creative path.
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Shredding and Other Accomplishments
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Special Moments in Nature–A Lucky Witness
Special Moments in Nature I pull out onto the highway from a dirt road. In front of me, a single black crow feather spirals slowly down from the sky. The suspended feather spins like a tiny dirt devil as I leave it behind. I step outside to watch for a late delivery truck.Continue reading
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Visiting Bastrop Texas–The Heart of the Lost Pines (update January 2021)
Visiting Bastrop Texas Visiting Bastrop Texas can be an easy day trip from Austin, San Antonio and most of Central Texas, but it’s really worthy of a weekend visit. I love the relaxed feel of the town. It’s easy to park, easy to get a table at a restaurant, easy to get around. and easy toContinue reading
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Ten Reasons Life is Never Boring in the Country
Some people get bored in the country. Not me. Ever. Here Are Ten Reasons Life Is Never Boring In The Country -One- Because you never know who’s going to stop by for a drink. -Two- You are never alone. -Three- You will hear plenty of free outdoor music. -Four- Family time is plentiful.Continue reading
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What’s New at Little Piney
Fresh Spring Photos from Little Piney Place your cursor over the image to see a description of what’s new at Little Piney.
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Spring Flies By Like a Butterfly
Spring at Little Piney Spring flies by like a butterfly–beautiful, colorful, swiftly gone. I know it’s not over yet, but in the flurry of over-scheduled days away from Little Piney, I feel a sense of loss. I didn’t have enough days with the Bluebonnets which are already going to seed, or with the Cedar WaxwingsContinue reading
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Thoughts About Loving a Place
I wrote this last week after a visit to my childhood home. These are my thoughts about “loving a place.” Loving a Place “A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his ownContinue reading
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Frosty Morning at Little Piney
Frosty Morning at Little Piney Sunday morning I awoke to the sound of hundreds of Robins and the sight of a frosty earth. Flashing red in the sun, the Robins flew from the woods in groups of 20-25 and perched in bare elms among Cedar Waxwings, Chipping Sparrows, and Cardinals. Robins Mist on Dragonfly Pond I threwContinue reading
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Ten Things You Should Know Before Moving to the Country
Our First Anniversary A year has passed since we became country dwellers at Little Piney. We have learned quite a bit about living with nature, and I have shared much of my learning process here on Lost Pines Life. As I looked back over my website, I was surprised to see that I have publishedContinue reading
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Leucistic Northern Cardinal and More Winter Birds
Leucistic Northern Cardinal I saw a light-colored bird drop down into the woodpile in brush behind the Hummingbird garden–one I couldn’t immediately identify. I thought it might be a female Cardinal but it was unmistakably gray and white, not a hint of creamy buff. Maybe a pale Pyrrhuloxia? When the the shy bird ventured outContinue reading