Click on the link to see recent photos of where we live. This is the time of the year that the azaleas and in full bloom – also are a couple shots from the golf course where the dogwood blooms can still be seen. We are grateful to live in such a beautiful place.
The azaleas around our house are blooming but they are small compared to the older ones in the neighborhood.
Last night we went to Giovanni”s, the only Italian restaurant in town. It was the monthly social activity of our Sunday School class, but there were only about 10 of us. The bread there is magnificent–homemade– and I am told that the pizzas” crusts are homemade, too. I had Shrimp Fra Diablo, and it was spicier than I expected (wonderful). Everyone told the host, an older man who we thought might be the owner, how much we enjoyed things. Then as we were getting up to leave, the chef came out and said that he had ordered cheesecake for us so we should not leave. He brought out regular cheesecake and chocolate cheesecake for us to share–and it was free. He sat down and talked to us. He was the son of the older man, and he was the actual owner. He said that he had moved to Texas with about 60 of his family, originally from Albania. “Albania,” we exclaimed! He told us that most Italian chefs in New York were really Albanians. Well, whatever, he certainly does a great job. I am glad that th
We took a weekend in Lafayette a couple of weeks back. We did not realize that it happened to be the last weekend of Mardi Gras celebrations. We also did not realize that every town in southern Louisiana celebrated. There had been a parade almost every day for the week or so before. That weekend at least 5 parades took place. To see the traffic and the full restaurants, you wouldn”t think that a recession was going on at all. We visited a few places of historic value. One was the mansion of Alexandre Mouton, the founder of Lafayette. I always enjoy going to old historic houses. It is a fun way to learn history. We went to a place called Vermillion Ville. This was on the banks of the Vermillion River, and they had moved old houses of historic residents there. And, of course, we had all the Cajun food we could hold. One interesting thing about Lafayette was the many, very old oak trees there. The lady at the Mouton house told us it was against the law to cut them down. Here is a picture of a 500-year-old oak by St. John”s Church (built on the ground where the first Catholic church in Lafayette was built):
We also drove by a Lake where we saw a sign that said: Danger! Aggressive alligators nesting. Do not walk on the levee!” Well, we did intend to get near ANY alligators, much less aggressive ones. But as we drove on the levee, we saw this house:
I guess the occupant didn”t want to have those aggressive alligators crawling into his bedroom window.
Last night before we went to bed, we saw that a deer had decided to rest in our back yard. The flood light was shining in her face, but it didn”t faze her. She was by herself, too. Was she resting before she was going to feast on my shrubs?
We noticed that there was some grass being deposited in a motorcycle helmet that is up on the top shelf in the garage. While I had the garage door open on a few occasions recently some birds came into the garage and began building a nest inside the helmet.
I don”t mind them having a nest but they will nead their own garage door opener if they stay in my motorcycle helmet.
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