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I climbed a giant freaking tree. Also, we walked over to the river to look at the water levels.
See, the levees are 20 feet, and they were estimating that, because of heavy rains WAY up river, the water levels could get to 19 1/2 feet.
That's... not good. As it turns out, they have now opened four gates at the Morganza Spillway (upriver a good way from us) in order to prevent flooding the most populated area of Louisiana. Namely, New Orleans. Also known as "home" at least to me.
So far, it seems to be working. The water is still about two feet below the top of the levee. Here are some pictures of me and my boys enjoying the fair weather by the river.
Now, here are some of the giant freaking tree, known locally as the Tree of Life. It was covered in big, gnarly knots and surprisingly easy to climb. The boys didn't want to do it, though. They have no idea what they were missing. The view is interesting from up there.
Actually, the hubby took pictures of me climbing, too, and i was really surprised at how relatively NOT fat my behind looks in them.
He also tried to zoom in on me when I was up the tree, looking down, but the sun was behind me.
The other caterpillar is cocooning now. I have some pictures of that under the cut, too.
This is what they looked like when I got them, more or less.
Here's one as it started to change color and shrink up:
And newly-cocooned:
And here is the second one beginning to cocoon, next to the one that is already fully cocooned:
Note the shriveled thing above it? That was its old skin.
Sorry. That was a lot of pictures!
See, the levees are 20 feet, and they were estimating that, because of heavy rains WAY up river, the water levels could get to 19 1/2 feet.
That's... not good. As it turns out, they have now opened four gates at the Morganza Spillway (upriver a good way from us) in order to prevent flooding the most populated area of Louisiana. Namely, New Orleans. Also known as "home" at least to me.
So far, it seems to be working. The water is still about two feet below the top of the levee. Here are some pictures of me and my boys enjoying the fair weather by the river.
Now, here are some of the giant freaking tree, known locally as the Tree of Life. It was covered in big, gnarly knots and surprisingly easy to climb. The boys didn't want to do it, though. They have no idea what they were missing. The view is interesting from up there.
Actually, the hubby took pictures of me climbing, too, and i was really surprised at how relatively NOT fat my behind looks in them.
He also tried to zoom in on me when I was up the tree, looking down, but the sun was behind me.
The other caterpillar is cocooning now. I have some pictures of that under the cut, too.
This is what they looked like when I got them, more or less.
Here's one as it started to change color and shrink up:
And newly-cocooned:
And here is the second one beginning to cocoon, next to the one that is already fully cocooned:
Note the shriveled thing above it? That was its old skin.
Sorry. That was a lot of pictures!