• Mother's Day Perks!

    First off, I got to eat boiled crawfish that I didnt’ even have to boil.  I didn’t shop for any of the ingredients, either.  Thank you, BigSis, for doing the shopping, which was gift enough for me.  The day was a relaxing one. As the crawfish were sitting for their final soak, Dotter called to…

  • Louisiana Migratory Birds!

    Among the migratory birds we saw and/or heard were the following birds:

    white eyed vireo, painted and indigo bunting, rose-breasted gross beak, swamp sparrow, tree swallow, swamp canary, parula, barred owls, grackles, blue jays, cardinals, starlings, great and little blue heron, green and Louisiana heron, great and snowy egret, white and glossy ibis, black and turkey vulture, black crowned night heron, roseate spoonbill, cormorant, osprey, barn swallow, red bellied and pyleated woodpecker, eastern king bird, cat bird, Kentucky warbler (my first), kingfisher, Carolina chickadee, Carolina wren, laughing gull, ring-billed gull, black-neck stilts, common moorhen, purple martin, crow, red-winged black bird, morning dove

  • Way Past Due!

    I know I’m way past due for a blog post, but now you can add baseball games to my already jam-packed waking hours.  As of now, I get about six hours of shut eye a night.  I just can’t pack any more into 18 hours than I do. So, as soon as I can, I…