make me think what a wonderful life we live in the Louisiana wetlands. Anchored in a dead-end canal, fishing on the bottom with cut mullet (provided by Bayou Fabio), a Bayou Woman reader, her hubby, and I bird watched while we wet a line. As we left the unproductive fishing spot, the birds were stirred…
It was my honor to run two tours for the folks from Midland, Michigan, who are down here doing recovery work. I think it’s their third time down? Not sure, but it’s at least that. These retired folks are quite amazing. After working on projects all week, including our house on Friday, these folks threw…
If you drift through a small cut or trainasse or canal quietly, and look closely, you will see myriad smaller, less obvious specimens in our wetlands. There are so many things to see, that you don’t know where to train your eyes . . on the water or in the trees or along the shore?…
Four delightful young adults joined me for a winter wetland tour. Oliver and Ryan, originally from New York, drove from New Orleans where they now live and work. Along with them came Craig from Memphis and Katy, a recent Tulane graduate, from Virginia. They had a marvelous day planned for themselves, and I’m glad I…
This week I had the distinct pleasure of meeting the handsome, young editor of POV magazine. This tour was scheduled to take place on September 5th, but as you well know, I was evacuated at that time and waiting to see where Hurricane Ike was going to make landfall. Editor Justin Martin continued to check…
It just thrilled me to no end to have some very special guests on my boat . . . Seated are my son and his two classmates. Standing is deckhand, Termite. Miah was so proud of his little brother, Termite. We’re on our way! Zee is looking at something very intently. Isn’t she beautiful? Looking…