From quarantine to the brutal murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd recorded and witnessed by all of us, an outbreak of rage and protests, and the relentless climbing numbers of Covid-19 deaths, it was difficult not to be entirely consumed by bad news as spring slipped into the stifling heat of summer. Spring passedContinue reading
Tag: Texas wildflowers
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Long Hot Summer
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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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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