Dewberry and Blackberry Cobbler
It’s that time of year again, and this is one of the most popular recipes in the Bayou Woman’s Recipe Box–Blackberry Cobbler!
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Those confusing shorebirds!
and a contest winner. Back on April 12, I did a “name that photo” contest. I never chose a winner, but I would like to say today that the prize goes to Musing Egret for her caption, “Honey bee still!” So, M.E., please contact me via email and we will go from there in order…
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A "slick" that ain't so slick
or “Yes, I’m aware there is a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.” As a result, I will preempt the cabinet post. You’re right, I can’t ignore it any longer. I can’t continue on my merry way with the new house, and act as though it’s all a bad nightmare, thinking when I…
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Now, I'm excited!
My “TO DO ” list is about a half mile shorter than it was a month ago, but as I sat at my desk this morning looking for comments from you and deleting junk mail, and generally avoiding what needed to be done, a red truck drove past my bedroom window headed back toward the…
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A-painting we will go!
Bayou Woman continues to self-contract the rebuilding of their bayou home above the flood plain with Road Home funds and flood insurance payments. Watch the progress here on her blog.
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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