> >I went out with a friend yesterday afternoon to the marshes around > >Manchac (right where the French first sailed in. See: > http://www.gatorgazette.net/vol1issue4/feature.html ). He is a biologist > >with the university and was planting grass to help stop the erosion > >and I had been begging to go out there to get some pics. I got > >burned and covered with mud and it was worth it all....very magical > >place out there: >http://www.kodakgallery.com/femmecreole >(click on St. Francis with the lizard on his head...that is in my >yard, but the rest are marsh) Cat Donnow http://www.ambiancestudio.com mailto:ambicat@charter.net

Thank you for posting the link to your photos, Cat. I haven't been out Manchac way in a very long time. The Iris made me remember my mom's garden when I was growing up...it was always filled with Louisiana Iris--the beginning bulbs gathered from one swamp or another by my dad. The pictures are great. Nancy Nancy http://www.thepastwhispers.com/Old_New_Orleans.html > > >I went out with a friend yesterday afternoon to the marshes around > > >Manchac (right where the French first sailed in. See: > > http://www.gatorgazette.net/vol1issue4/feature.html ). He is a biologist > > >with the university and was planting grass to help stop the erosion > > >and I had been begging to go out there to get some pics. I got > > >burned and covered with mud and it was worth it all....very magical > > >place out there: > >http://www.kodakgallery.com/femmecreole > >(click on St. Francis with the lizard on his head...that is in my > >yard, but the rest are marsh) > > Cat Donnow > http://www.ambiancestudio.com > mailto:ambicat@charter.net