{"id":5,"date":"2015-03-04T23:05:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T23:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2016-01-18T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:13:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About Us: The Bastrop TX Lost Pines Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have the incredible good fortune along with my husband to live on and care for \u00a0&#8220;Little Piney,&#8221; 22 beautiful acres in the Lost Pines of Bastrop, Texas.\u00a0 For those of you who are unfamiliar with this area, the Lost Pines is an isolated pine forest at least 100 miles from the Piney Woods of East Texas. \u00a0The Lost Pines is forested with a variety of loblolly pines found nowhere else in the world.\u00a0 It is hilly and green, lush and dense, reminding me of the East Texas Big Thicket where I grew up.\u00a0 Tragically, much of the Lost Pines area was burned in a huge forest fire in 2011, and to lesser degree, again this fall. \u00a0It&#8217;s very heartening to see this resilient community rebuilding and replanting pine trees to restore this important habitat.\u00a0 I live in an area that was spared.<\/p>\n<p>When I began writing this blog, it lacked an identity. \u00a0I wrote articles on everything from restaurants to grief. \u00a0I have decided 6 months later to focus on the natural world of the Lost Pines, wildlife habitat enhancement, and the healing and inspiring experience of being present in the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>In the pages of this website, you will find nature photography, art, and information relevant \u00a0to living in the Lost Pines and in any home dedicated to sharing the land with the native fauna and flora. \u00a0And because I have so much quiet space to think, you will also read the thoughts I would like to share.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, I was wondering exactly why I put so much effort into blogging about my life at Little Piney and had a small insight. \u00a0Perhaps it&#8217;s because I grew up in a world that was so deeply shared with other people, most of them family with whom I no longer have much contact. \u00a0Maybe my blog is a modern day version of &#8220;coffee time,&#8221; a daily ritual in \u00a0my childhood when aunts, cousins or friends showed up at 3 o&#8217;clock to share their day over coffee and cake&#8211;time that&#8217;s hard to find now, although as precious as ever. \u00a0And maybe it&#8217;s a from a desire that we all have, wanting others to see what we see as we see it, if only for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>So, please join me in the Lost Pines Life in Bastrop, Texas. \u00a0Welcome to Little Piney.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1194\" style=\"width: 4032px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/?attachment_id=1194\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1448036944&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001001001001001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Why blog?\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lostpineslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_0078_Fotor-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why do I spend so much time writing this blog? 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