Summer is almost over!

Posted on September 19th, 2009 by Monique, under Daily Life, Outdoors, Shopping.

It has been 90 degrees something for months it seems! Thankfully, Halloween is around the corner…

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Getting ready for Spring

Posted on February 27th, 2009 by Monique, under Daily Life, Design, Fashion, Jewelry, Outdoors, Plants.

Time is flying by, and we are getting ready for spring! I have been so busy gardening and making jewelry I am losing track of time. Its already March, err almost…

Hope everyone is having as much fun as I am. Life is good.

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Zombies in Area, Run!

Posted on January 29th, 2009 by Monique, under Daily Life, Outdoors, Videos.

I was reading the news and found this rather hilarious. This is from Austin, Texas local news.

Construction signs warn of zombies

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Bird Watching in the Cypress Forest

Posted on January 15th, 2009 by Monique, under Animals, Daily Life, Louisiana, Nature, Outdoors.

We started the year off with a barb-q at our cousin’s beautiful new home just across the highway. They just bought a brand new home in a lovely gated neighborhood carved out of the cypress woods. Right behind their house, out their back gate, is beautiful cypress trees and trails. It was a wonderful day.

The kids played in the hot tub, and the men started a fire to get rid of some wood scrap that had been accumulating. You can hear the 4-wheelers buzzing by every now and then from the back yard. They even said sometimes in the middle of the night you hear them, lol! It had just rained, and sure enough they were back there muddin’ around.

Other than the occasional biker, the birds were out and I caught a picture of a bright red male cardinal flirting with some girl cardinals, who are not nearly as pretty. The bright red colors of these birds is so beautiful and eye catching, it almost makes me sad for them because they are quite the target. Hunting red birds is illegal, and they sure do move quick which is good for them.

I managed to zoom my camera and snap this semi-blurry image of this gorgeous flaming scarlet red bird. I have only seen them from a distance, but I definitely need to put more bird watching on my to do list this year. I have heard that if you put out a bird feeder, it turns into an all out brawl between the birds, and then there are the squirrels (yet another story)…

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Hurricane Gustav Evacuation

Posted on September 6th, 2008 by Monique, under Animals, Daily Life, Nature, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Travel.

As I make this blog entry, I am still decompressing from the last week+ that I have been through dealing with my first hurricane, Gustav.

Having moved here in 2006 post Katrina-land, I really didn’t think I would ever have to go through anything like that. And I have not, because Katrina was a real bitch. Luckily, my experience was very watered down (no pun intended) compared to what they went through for Katrina. On the flip side, we didn’t get nice fema payments and red cross money like they did in 2005, but I wouldn’t want to go through anything like that so no big deal. Those things are for those in need.

I am rather pleased with my experience, it could have been ten times worse, and I hope that the next couple months while we prepare to move aren’t plagued with anymore “5 day cones.”

So as I attempted to make some lemonade with the sour fruit I was given, I decided to take some pictures and capture some images to bring my experiences to the internet, even as the dry nature of text and images lack to convey what it is really like. It’s the best I can do.

Here is where my camera started, snapping a picture of little 9 lb Penny the miniature pinscher as she prepared for an adventure. It was easily 100 degrees F, we had lots of water, and Penny was excited and well behaved as always. Tongue hanging out, ready for some fun, safe with her human friends.

On the highway we would see dozens of other dogs, all kinds of animal pets, even a ferret. I tried to take pics of them all, and in the craziness I got off a couple of shots. (more…)

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French Quarter Door

Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Monique, under New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Travel.

Driving through the french quarter is fun, I always bring my camera to catch the interesting sights.

I have no idea what goes on, behind that door…

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Night Owl on the Flagpole

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Monique, under Animals, Gardening, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography.

So the other night we are coming home from New Orleans, and upon pulling in the driveway this animal thing caught my eye from above. It was an owl on the flagpole. He must have been hunting. Maybe he will get some of those digging rodents in the garden…

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Pictures I took while I was really high

Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Travel, Weblog.

…in the air that is.

I took some lovely pictures while on a flight to and from MSY and LAX. I flew non-stop United “TED” and had a great experience. The pictures came out much better than I thought they would! Click the image for more full sized pics.

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Growing Cherry Tomatoes

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, Food, Gardening, Nature, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Vegetarian, Weblog.

We have about 10×30 feet in the backyard of fended off garden area, and are growing lots of tomatoes. Here is a picture of the cherry tomatoes. This plant has tripled in size and already making tomatoes within a month of planting it in the ground. It had a little bit of yellowing leaves at the base of the plant, but looks like it is taking off and should make us lots of salad tomatoes. Yum.

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Nissan Titan

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Travel, Weblog.

I see these Nissan Titan trucks all over the place! A truck is really an important vehicle to have here in South Louisiana, and there are lots of family people here. So these roomy luxury trucks are all over. They actually look pretty cool, here is a pic I snapped of one:

I like black nissan titans best. With silver rims!

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