A mission to get closer to the roosting egrets. It turns out that roosting egrets don’t take to kindly to people putting around in a little boat getting all close with cameras sticking out everywhere. I did not know that about egrets. Every time we’d get really close, they’d take off. One minute it would...
Those plant growing freaks of nature have been at it again. Normally I would complain that I don’t have anything this pretty in my flowerbeds, but let’s be honest, it’s never going to happen. Want to know why? Because I’ll never plant it. I’ll never take care of it. I’ll never water it. I’ll never...
I’m married to a lumberjack, a really cute, but grumpy, lumberjack. He must be a lumberjack because who else would take on the task of splitting a huge oak tree into firewood that will more than likely last us into the next decade. This tree is so big that if it was still standing, I...
This morning, right after sunrise, I had to go check out the pier. I couldn’t get to my regular bayou picture taking spot. It was part of the bayou at this point. I have to go convince Jackson that we shouldn’t go to school today. Wish me luck! P.S. Still praying and it’s still working…
The picture above is our bayou on a normal day. The picture below is our bayou today. It’s not even high tide yet. Ike may not be coming here, but we can sure feel his presence. This afternoon, the road leading to our house will likely be covered in water in a lot of places....