The Flags of Acadiana

Recognize any of them??

How about these??

The Mighty Mississippi

Just a few comments~

1. These pictures were taken from the east side of the Mississippi River (from the top of the Capitol).

2. I didn't know people actually lived west of the Mississippi River.

3. Now I actually live west of the Mississippi River!!!

4. EVERY time our family drives across the Mississippi River, my historically-minded husband says, "The mighty Mississippi, leading geographical feature of these fifty nifty United States, transportation backbone of our great country, inspirer of dreams and stories. The Mighty Mississippi River." (Feel free to use that the next time you cross the Mississippi River!)

A Lovely Lady

Eunice....a lovely woman, whose husband loved her enough to name a little town in the middle of Louisiana after her.

This statue stands at the end of the main street in Eunice.

My family thinks she bears some resemblance to Mary Poppins...which always makes us feel like a "spoon full of sugar" and rather "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"!

Little Surprise

Never in my life, in my entire imagination, have I ever thought I would wake up with a crawfish claw in my ditch. It's just such a rather odd thought.

Got an envie (OHN-vee) for some crawfish?

That's a new word we've learned here~ envie. It's basically means a "hankering" or "hankerin'", which was the word of choice where we moved from.

So, the question repeats~ Got an envie for some crawfish?

You can have some here...

Or here...

Or here...

A Picture of Family Faith

Yesterday was the National Day of Prayer, and like many towns and cities across America, our town had a time of prayer at noon. Folks gathered at the pavilion next to City Hall while ministers from various denominations led in prayer.

I arrived a few minutes late while waiting for piano lessons to finish. As the kids and I stood there in the back of the gathering, this is what we saw~

A mama and her 2 girls gathered for this time of prayer. Many were there, but this is the image that caught my eye.