Yardwork and Such |
I worked hard this weekend. I ran into a big boulder lodged in the ground, right where I needed to dig and lay stone for my stone pathway. There was no budging that monster despite my best efforts wit...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:34:00 GMT |
More About Snakes |
Today while building my stone pathway I stumbled upon a looonnng, freshly-shed snake skin.I picked it up and put it beside one that I have exactly like it in my living room:
The eye sockets even lo...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 20:13:00 GMT |
Black Snake Haiku |
This is inspired by the black snake I encountered (see prior journal post). I saw the black snake
shaking in the Burger King.
There was no Elvis.
Black snake has no feet.
Folks like fancy snake ...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 20:08:00 GMT |
Fuckity Fuck |
I went outside to garden and as I turned the corner of my house, I saw this:
I immediately felt terrified and went into a series of visceral reactions. Ohgodohgodohgod.....
Then my thoughts ...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 20:04:00 GMT |
Waterfalls |
Last weekend I drove to Dupont State Forest in Brevard to hike the trails to the waterfalls. The first waterfall I saw is Hooker Falls:
Then, I traversed over to the trail head by the river...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 19:59:00 GMT |
Laura, A Creole Plantation |
I left the beautiful, alluring city of New Orleans to visit Laura Plantation, a Creole plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana. Creoles kept their businesses run by family only from generation to generation...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 16:45:00 GMT |
The French Quarter |
I stayed in the Lower Garden District in NOLA. It's quiet there and far removed from the nonstop party in the Quarter. Yet, it was also an easy, short ride on the St. Charles streetcar to anywhere I w...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 16:43:00 GMT |
Garden District, New Orleans |
The Garden District/Lower Garden District was my favorite part of New Orleans. There are beautiful homes, fragrant and flowering bushes and trees, and shops and restaurants mixed in with the homes. I ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 16:41:00 GMT |
Signs |
During my trip to New Orleans I was amused by the signs. They gave me the impression of a populace with common sense and uncommon sense of humor. Here's what I saw:
This was at St. Charles Guest Ho...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 16:39:00 GMT |
A Ride Along Mississippi Highway 90 |
"Life doesn't happen along the interstates. It's against the law." -- William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
On Thursday, April 23rd I drove my '85 Mercmobile 587 miles to Ocean Springs, Mississi...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 16:31:00 GMT |
