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Holiday reading coming soon!
Ok, I notice that my raccoon stories are so far back, no one is reading them. We are a lazy bunch, aren’t we? Since we usually end up with about 14 days off school, etc. for the holidays, I plan to introduce these stories, one each day for 14 days. Actually, I’d like you to…
The eagles have landed!
As evidenced by Diane’s blog photos and mine below. Did you know that American bald eagles fly south to inhabit their six-foot wide nests in the fall of the year? They spruce up their nests, typically the ones they used the year before, breed, lay their eggs, hatch them, teach them to fly and then…
TiDu (tee doo) the Herd Dog!
Once upon a time, there was a little mutt puppy born right before a big hurricane. Her family had to pack up and leave, and so the little puppy went with them. When the family returned to their home, it was time for the little puppy to leave her family and go live with a…

The Great Blue Heron
Why do the Great blue heron Fly away when I get close by? They must think That my camera Will shoot them And make them die!
Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best.
And I have been hoping for the best and not preparing at all. The latest email hurricane alert I received today places the storm at a direct hit for where I live. No kidding. I just read that email, and my head is spinning. My heart is skipping beats. My breath is coming in irregular…

Foiled Plans at Camp Dularge
I had planned to post tonight that the sewage treatment plant was installed all shiny new and waiting for its first deposits! LOL! Alas, Fate had other plans. The sewage treatment guy called bright and early, and I dropped my fishing pole to ride up and take photos of the process. Before I could say…
Are they snails?
Ah, yes, little grasshopper! But what KIND of snails are they?
Well, if they’re snails and they’re in cajun/french territory……they’re soon to be “escargo”. Ha Ha!
LOL, Steph!!!
Marsh periwinkle (Littoraria irrorata)
Oh, you get an A+. You should have been a biologist, Ash!!!
Alien pods, there to take over the marshlands!
LOL! Funny!
Sauteed in butter,garlic, and white wine…………Mmmmmmmmmmmm!
I pick em. You cook em!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot a splash of whochestershire.
Periwinkles, the spiral-shelled saltwater snails that have been damagning our coastal marshlands…..love that you keep me learning!!!!
as far as butter, garlic and wine…I’m pretty open to trying new things…and at your house I would be polite enough to at least try them…but ewwww…Can’t see me ordering them from any resturant………….shuddering at the thought as I search for a tums…..
Deb in TX
One day, I’ll have a post about the first time I ate one almost 30 years ago!!! And it was the last time, too! I would be open to trying Choup’s snails, though!! Well, maybe just once!
I could be a professional googler
There’s that dry wit I love so much!!!!