We’re in the country here. In the spring, the countryside is adorned with a profusion of bluebonnets, butterflies, daisies, so many flowers, we can’t name them all. Fields of vibrant colors with butterflies and birds hovering above.
It’s not so easy to find us. After turning off FM 1869, you turn down CR288 (Williamson Co) for a bit more than a mile, but then the road changes names on you, to CR323 (Burnet Co), after a short zig zag in the road, just take a right on Thousand Oaks Trail and follow the road right into our little community.
By the way, at the end of that zig zag, you’ll see a small airport. Yep, an airport. Built during WWII, it’s still in operation. At the far corner of this airport, on what is now known as CR323, Thousand Oaks Trail begins. It’s about 3 miles long and dead ends in our pride and joy, a sparkling pond, where tame ducks swim. Usually you can spot some residents fishing – we have a catch and release policy.
Right in front of the pond, you see a playground for the tots, where moms bring their small ones to swing, sit on the purple dinosaur, and explore the playhouse that sits atop a circular slide. I’ve seen moms sliding down with their babies in their laps.
Now you need to know that since we’re in the country here, there’s a lot of wildlife. We’ve got armadillos, road runners, and buzzards that clean up after’s nature’s waste. Leaping across our neighborhood are deer, rabbits, and the huge, hilarious looking buck toothed Texas Jack Rabbit. Hundreds of birds of all sorts fly here, some of whom arrive to rest on their migratory journey. Bats come out at night to eat tons of mosquitoes. We never run out of bees and hornets to fertilize our plants, and our pond is home to ducks, fish, toads, frogs, turtles, and snakes. Yup, snakes- the nice ones that eat rodents, and the fangy ones as well. We’re all God’s creatures, so we get along with all the creatures that live here. After all we are sharing the same space.
Our human residents are an eclectic bunch. Retired folk, young couples just starting out in life, and established families with children and pets – we have a lot of folks with children and pets that like to take a walk from time to time, but since we don’t have a single sidewalk, we ask that you drive carefully and slowly.
Texas neighborly, we wave at each other, whether we know you or not; waving is, after all, a good first step to getting to know one another. When help is needed, we give it. Like any community, we have our disagreements, but mostly we get along together, and watch out for one another. We feel safe here and you should too.