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Bayou Frog Symphony for You!
For the past three nights, bayou frogs of all kinds have serenaded us to sleep. It’s important that you know they do not do this every night all spring and summer long. It’s only on occasion, but when they decide to put on a concert, they really belt it out. I don’t know if it’s just the time of year or if they’re just uber-happy because of all the rain we’ve had. Whatever the reason, the frogs have been singing their little hearts out every night.
I can see clearly now!
From the front porch, I can see “up the bayou” like this. See the “swing” bridge? Look closely! And if I turn and look down the bayou, I can see the highway going south and the bayou going south and the camps across the bayou. Laurel and Hardy, as I lovingly call my carpenters, have…
Oil-free zone!
In the midst of the worst environmental disaster America has ever seen, there are still pristine Louisiana wetlands where Bayou Woman goes on a regular basis.
The old and the new: Making a house a home
BW finds new purpose in new house for old items from old house . . .
A taste of my life . . .
With Camp Dularge getting busier and busier, my time to enjoy bayou life is growing shorter and shorter it seems. Okay, I’m not complaining, just saying, that’s all. Today was a typical Tuesday, except for this little surprise . . . in the bayou in front of the house. Termite thinks this gator has been…
Saggy bottom repaired!
7:45 in the early morning cold, they arrived, five trucks and this crew again! They were joined this time by the BIG BOSS and owner Barry himself. to repair the approximately 80-year old sagging, hand-hewn cypress 4×4 floor joists shown above. Here’s the process. Check it out starting at the ground level. Wood blocks, jacks,…




