March is the magical month at Little Piney! In a few short weeks Little Piney transforms from a gray and brown world of bare branches and dry grass into a bright array of greens almost shocking in intensity. Within this green world are little seas of bluebonnets, hot pink phlox, baby blue-eyes, orange-red paintbrush, andContinue reading
Tag: Bastrop Texas wildflowers
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March Magic–Wildflowers, Wood Ducks, and a Beautiful Hawk
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Spring Migration at Little Piney Bastrop TX
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Morning Light Last week Little Piney was so alive with spring migration that I was up before sunlight listening to birds. Spring migration at Little Piney Bastrop TX is an exciting time! Up early every morning, I also got to see the sun rise through backlit trees. Spring Migration at Little PineyContinue reading
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My Field Event–Grasshopper Photography
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My Field Event Some of you know that my husband is USA Masters Track and Field World Champion sprinter. We are opposites in many ways–he’s fast, and I’m slow, for example, I’m usually paces behind him. We approach things differently; he’s very systematic in his approach to life, and I’m more likely to have aContinue reading
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Texas Floods and Wildflowers
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Texas Floods–Flooded Again My heart goes out to all those in Bastrop County and surrounding counties whose homes are flooded. The last 12 months in Bastrop have included a major forest fire and two major floods. Some people have suffered a disaster more than once. We are fortunate here at Little Piney that theContinue reading
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Fall Planting for Butterflies and Hummingbirds
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Fall Seed Planting Fall is a busy season at Little Piney. Fall is the time to plant wildflower seeds, watch bird migration, and work and play outdoors while the weather is as good as it gets. I’ve had my seed packets in hand for October since spring, but now that planting time is here, it is a challengeContinue reading
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Texas Wildflowers in Bloom at Little Piney
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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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The Small Wonders–A Closeup View of Nature at Little Piney
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Sometimes it’s the little things that delight me the most. A single bluebonnet is just as stunning as bluebonnets en masse in the field. I see tiny treasures all the time at Little Piney, and I’m happy that I can capture some of them with my camera. Some recent small wonders– A red-orange Indian PaintbrushContinue reading