Stop Flushing!

I wish all you Yankees would stop flushing your toilets so much. The Mississippi River is very high this spring. This picture shows you how high the river is. This photo has terrible color but beyond that look how much higher the ship is than the cars in the parking lot. This isn't a Photoshop trick. The levee system allows the water level of the river to be higher than the adjacent ground. The result is that ships will appear to be floating on land.

I-10W headed for Houston.

I will be there all week for meetings. I brought my camera gear....hopefully will get a chance to snap a few exposures.

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Mardi-Gras

Any of you that know me would be surprised to learn that this parade is one of my favorites. You see, I'm not really a dog lover but the Krewe of Mutts is something I look forward to all year long. The kids and I have so much fun watching the parade with all the dogs in their costumes.

My Backyard

Here I am snapping some photos in my backyard. This is my primary bird viewing area. I've been feeding them and providing nesting boxes for 3 seasons now. I have lots of hummingbirds, eastern bluebirds, common grackles, cardinals, mourning doves, sparrows, wrens and mockingbirds. Occasionally I will see blue jays, red-winged blackbirds, cattle egrets, and woodpeckers. I've recently started to get some squirrels too. Today I caught one of the squirrels on top of the bat house. The first season with bat house I would count 70+ bats living in the house, but they have not been back for 2 seasons. Let me know if you have any ideas why they won't come back. They helped with controlling the mosquito population.

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Argument

Who's going to babysit the chicks???

Courage

"Soon I'll have enough courage to spread my wings and take my first flight."

Peek-a-boo!!!

If you look closely you can see the chick's eyes.

Mom & Dad Bluebird

Breakfast time

My bluebird has found breakfast for his young chicks.

Eastern Bluebird

My best bluebird picture yet!! Today is the first morning with good weather since I got my new Canon 100-400 lense. So far I'm impressed with it :-)

I'll have more to post later.

The 'Alley' Leading to the House

Spring Festival @ Oak Alley, Vacherie, LA

Mardi-Gras 2008

Jo, the kids, and I all went to New Orleans for Mardi-Gras this year. We stayed at the Royal St. Charles Hotel. This shot of the parade was about 10 feet from our hotel. Very convenient. We all had a great time. The kids must have caught about 50+ pounds of beads. At least they felt that heavy when dad was packing them back to the hotel.

Dreamy....

Here's another shot Becky and I took today. This one was taken in the gardens of the state capital. We sure had a good time together.

Becky the GIANT!

Becky and I enjoyed a little father - daughter time today. She wanted to go to the Louisiana State Capital Building. I'm not sure she envisioned a picture like this but regardless we had a great day together. She's off to Pensacola tonight for an evening with her mom. On Monday she's playin hookey from school and spending the day with her Grandma.