back in the saddle

whoa baby...............................after parting ways with my nature column (published in the sunday edition of the lafayette, la. newspaper 1986-2008) a coupla years ago, i've recently begun to miss writing about nature, particularly of the happenings around my place in northeastern lafayette parish, louisiana.....................wife lydia & i have been here on 50-acres of regenerating bottomland hardwood forest for the past 28 years..........we've watched this place grow from a cow pasture into a bona fide forest -- presently sporting a contiguous 70' canopy of hackberry, water oak, live oak, sweetgum, swamp red maple, green ash, and others............

i gotta go now; but please know that i'm back in the saddle, and exciting about the new possibilities afforded by blogger.com..................cain't wait to begin!

best blessings to all................