Legend Of Evangeline

Legend Of Evangeline

Thanks for traveling back in time with me to St Martinville in Cajun country. Where a legend and fact come together and draw people from around the world. This is one of my favorite spots to take out of town visitor's and introduce them the the real Acadians. Lisa Every year thousands of tourists visit St. [...]

Thursday Tree love

Thursday Tree love

Thursday Tree love is cypree trees and knees in a bayou. The knee are roots or growth from the cypress tree growing in water. The bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) is the state tree of Louisiana, and these native trees can be observed growing throughout Louisiana and the entire southeastern United States Louisiana state Tree : Tree [...]

#ThursdayTreeLove – 114

#ThursdayTreeLove – 114

“Trees give peace to the souls of men.” ― Nora Waln https://www.happinessandfood.com/thursdaytreelove-114/ The Japanese magnolia, or saucer magnolia, opens its fat, furry flower buds in February or March before the foliage emerges. Unlike the native Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora, it is deciduous and drops its leaves in winter. The flowers blooming on leafless branches are particularly [...]

Thursday Tree Love #104

Thursday Tree Love #104

"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." ― John Muir #ThursdayTreeLove – 104https://www.happinessandfood.com/thursdaytreelove-104/ Thursday Tree love is a photo feature hosted on this blog on every 2nd and 4th Thursday of a month. The next edition will go live on March 11, 2021. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a [...]

Thursday Tree Love : Live Oaks

Thursday Tree Love : Live Oaks

Thursday Tree Love is hosted by Parul Thakur on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. For more tree love, visit: #ThursdayTreeLove – 101 – happiness and food The Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) Parlange Plantation House - National Park Service The Parlange Plantation House is a historic plantation house at Louisiana Highway 1 [...]