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A Different Point of View
EPBush wants another point of view. Ask and ye shall receive! From the back deck, this is the south side of the house, looking toward the bayou. Then this is the north side of the house facing toward the bayou. So, Em, what do you think? Curiosity satisfied? This is what I saw from the…
Morganza Spillway Opens Saturday
Today, the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to capacity was completed to relieve the pressure off the Mississippi as she rose to flood stages all along her levees this past week. As of this writing, she is breaching levees and flooding farmland in the northeast portions of Louisiana. This spillway is about 65 miles northeast of Bayou Dularge.
It's Contest Prize-Drawing Time!
Back in September, I wrote a post about this blog being five years old and asked you to share your stories with us. You did so in great fashion, and I thoroughly enjoyed each one of them. The comments seemed to have stopped now, so it’s time for me to keep my end of the bargain and do the drawing.
The concrete trucks have landed!
This is the first of 4 trucks and about 20 cubic yards that were poured under the house. Mr. S directs the chute, as the driver sends concrete down the chute. As soon as it’s on the ground, Mr. S and his helper use rakes to pull it across the ground to the far side…
Please tell BW a story?
and be entered into random drawing for Community Coffee products! Dear Folks, And lurkers, You must have noticed that I have not been posting as often as I am in the habit of doing. Rather than going into lots of boring details about things out of my control which have been draining my creative energies,…
Hybrid House, Part 2
It’s been slow going because of intermittent days of rain. But when the weather is good, these guys really get after it! Here’s where we left off last time, I think . . . Okay, we need another roof truss next . . There we go. The sky track is lifting the last truss up…
Eagle
Well, we know it ain’t a gator nest. (tee hee)
It is an eagle or hawks nest. Something new I’ve learned – out west where there are no trees (desert), the ravens build their nests on the top of utility poles. Their nest look surprisingly like a large hawk’s nest.
I need an email from you!!!
HeatherHere wants to know if it’s a contest.
I knew someone would wonder if this was a contest!! No, it’s not a precursor to a contest!
Its a Harpy nest.
What Greek myth are you from?
That there is an eagles nest atop of a cypress tree. Is there any current residents, perhaps knitting any tiny eagle booties? emmm…do eagle chicks wear booties? questions have to be asked…..lol
Deb
Yep, there the little woman was, sitting on her nest, knitting a tiny eagle bootie, while the daddy was out hunting!
Is that anything like socks on a rooster?