For Holy Week I traveled to New Orleans with a group of teenaged girls and two other adults on Pilgrimage. In addition to visiting many religious sites, we made a trip into the swamps to learn about tidal basin ecology as part of our responsibility as Christians to be stewards of creation. It (blessedly) was a cool cloudy day and all the creatures of the swamp where quite active...except the mosquitoes which did not seem to be much of a problem even to Pat. Pat swears that mosquitoes come from miles away just to bite her! Here is a little photo tour for you...
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| A Fairy House? |
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What...you want to see alligators?
Ummm! Don't get so close!
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| Don't Turn Your Back to Him! |
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| Ladies, really, I think they can jump at least three feet! |
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| Oh, phew, he is moving away. But there is still lots to see... |
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Hey, we have thistles in New Mexico too!
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| But no Spanish Moss |
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Oh dear, these guys are everywhere!
Beautiful! Aren't alligators amazing? I saw my first one live in the wild a couple of summers ago in South Carolina. I love Spanish moss ... there's lots of it in the SC low country. Looks like a great trip you had!
ReplyDeleteClaudia
Yes, they are very interesting. I purchased a book for my almost three year old granddaughter from which I learned all about the predators that eat baby alligators. This depradation is mitigated by the 30-40 eggs that a mother alligator lays in the spring time. We did not see any of the babies, but maybe it was too early for them to have hatched.
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