A bicycle craze swept America in the late 1890s, and south Louisiana was just as crazy as the rest of the nation. As a matter of fact, the craze put the town of Jennings in the spotlight, at least for a little while.The bicycles didn’t look like the ones we ride today.
There are those around my breakfast table that are saying “no more Nature stuff” so I finally got around to deciding what to do next but now I can’t decide what picture to send in. Solution: for the next month or so, I’ll be sending a picture a week of the Tri-Parish Fair.
A scary automobile accident in October 1945 is at least partially responsible for the establishment of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Lafayette.
After two days of rain the coulee is alive again.
It's bank to bank and teeming with activity.
Wood ducks in an adjacent acorn flat can be heard skimming their bounty though we won't see them until near dark.
