February 2016 archive

A Short Week Near Baton Rouge

Monday: 02/15/16  Monday was so stormy. Phone alerts were going off, thunder and lightening, tornado watches and nervous dogs topped the chaos. Yes, you may add me to the nervous bunch of animals. It did not let up for quite some time. Tripp and I bonded over today’s storm, since we were reliant on each …

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Meet a real life Dr. Doolittle

Sunday, Valentine’s Day 2016 – Maranda (my eldest child) is a real life Dr.Doolittle. She has had a zoo of animals all her adult life and lately has been participating in endurance races with her horses. I wanted to spend some time with her and talk about her passion of horses, so I watched as she …

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Luzianne, Going a Bit More Inland

From Rowdy to Rest, we love both in the right measures. Got up this morning to the smell of breakfast. Brian was a busy bee in the kitchen. My plate was laden down with eggs, bacon and toast. This vegetarian was sorely tempted to eat the bacon because it smelled “oh so good” but I …

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And Then There is French Quarter

On Friday it was Brian’s turn today to play hooky and he took us to French Quarters and the famous Bourbon and Canal Streets. We had a yummy breakfast at Cafe Pontallsa which is located just caddy corner to the front of the Catholic Cathedral, to your left if standing facing the cathedral. Brian and many …

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New Orleans is One Beaded City

On Thursday Brian had to work out of town, so Nancie finished up her work early so she could show us around the uptown and downtown areas of New Orleans. We picked up Brian’s mom on the way and took off on another adventure. Most of the sightseeing, including the wards and areas that were severely …

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