Return to Little Piney After being away for a month, I was happy to be heading home to Little Piney, and anxious to see what the 100+ temperatures and scarce rain had wrought. As I pulled up to the house in hot mid-afternoon, Little Piney was silent and still except for three squawking crows.Continue 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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Home to Little Piney
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Bluebird Nest Boxes for Total Beginners
How to Install Bluebird Nest Boxes Little Piney hosts a healthy population of Eastern Bluebirds. They are encouraged to settle here by good habitat and available real estate. We have 7 bluebird nest boxes put in place several years ago by previous owners. Recently, I removed all nest boxes for cleaning and fresh paint,Continue reading
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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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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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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
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Snowberry Clear Wing Hummingbird Moth
Don’t you love it when you have your camera ready with the right lens attached, and along comes a beautiful creature willing to ignore you while you shoot? That’s what happened this morning when this Hummingbird moth–a Snowberry Clear Wing, to be exact– caught my eye. Hummingbird moths can hover like their namesake. They haveContinue reading
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Blessed
Late Saturday afternoon, after a busy day of cooking and hosting, I sat in a folding chair by the lake at a birthday party for my son. My children were there, and a dozen of my son’s friends, a group of very dear young adults. We had feasted on fajitas and guacamole. We hadContinue reading