Burning Fields - May 2011

After the wheat harvest, it's time to burn off the stalks and straw. Arden likes burning as much as her Nanna!

Got the fire started then had to put out the fringes where it spread into the grass. 

There it goes!

Uh, Arden....pay attention...quit texting....the fire is sneaking up behind you!

Flood 2011

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The Mighty Mississippi River reached record levels since recorded history, cresting at Natchez, Mississippi / Vidalia, Louisiana at 61.9 feet on May 19, 2011.

Looking toward Vidalia from Natchez-Under-the-Hill May 3.

Vidalia River Walk: beginings of flood protection wall. May 3.

Jonesville Locks, May 8.

River side of levee near Scott and Amber’s pasture, May 8.

Isle of Capri from Natchez bluff, May 12.

Vidalia Riverfront with flood wall now in place, May 12.

Vidalia Convention Center from levee, May 19.

Convention Center on left.

Looking toward Comfort Suites Hotel.




Giant sand bags!





View from levee in front of River Walk looking toward Natchez-Under-the-Hill. Tugboat is on level with buildings on Silver Street. May 19.

Looking from Vidalia.

Giant sand bags really work! HESCO Bastion Concertainer is the official name.

Levee road highway 15 headed for Baton Rouge, through New Roads. Madison and Scott.


Bean crops near Black Hawk being consumed by water and deer! May 19.



Morganza Spillway.

Another gate being opened in the spillway, May 19, 2011.

Beauty amidst destruction.