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
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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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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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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
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Gophers, fire ants, and poison ivy, Part II (But let’s add chiggers and call in reinforcements)
Gopher, fire ant, and poison ivy offensive foiled by rain The true story follow-up to Part I of this post is that my plan got almost completely rained out. After the rain fell all morning, and I allowed a few hours for drying time, all I managed to do was spray some poison ivy withContinue reading
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Alligator and Bobcat at Little Piney…Or Are They?
Bobcats for Sure Now that we have been at Little Piney for 2 1/2 years, we know we share the land with bobcats. We have had daylight encounters with the spotted cats as they cross our property into the woods. Our game camera captured a bobcat tossing its prey into the air and leaping upContinue reading