Visit to a Plantation

Are you ready for some Thanksgiving turkey? Looks like he would be a nice big feast, huh? This is Gus. When you get to the plantation he is your greeter. The first time is kind of scarey to have a huge turkey literally chase you down making strange turkey sounds (they make weird mating sounds, on top of gobbling). Once you have been inside and learn that Gus is VERY friendly and loves people, it is not as scarey. One could say he can be OVERLY friendly!
I am on a mission to find and get one of these trees (a Camilia tree)

we can tell which direction Gustav came from
wild Southern Magnolia tree

You can see in these two pictures what a hurricane (or tornado) can do to a tree. It literally twisted the tree right off the stump.

Thanks to the hurricane, we saw a lot of this on the trail
a big spider

the boys were amazed with the height of this pine tree
obviously, with all my BOYS - this was a FAVORITE

back of the plantation house
one thing I LOVE about Louisiana is all the old Live Oak trees

Mommy and AJ in front of the plantation house
a block of tea
crib form the 1800's
toys from the 1800's
Can you imagine bathing in this? They only bathed once a week and women only washed their hair once a month!!
an old letter
toddler bed
That is a tub at the foot of the bed


bee spots flower
bee checks out the flower
bee goes inside the flower
bee comes back out
Andrew sitting in the house garden






playing soccer with a horse apple
Andrew running with horse apple
the boys calling for Buttercup (the cow)
Andrew watching the cow
Buttercup
Andrew pointing to the cows
Andrew
a bee on marigolds - they said if you put marigolds in your garden it will keeps insects away from vegetables (and also pollinating your garden)
red okra - we were told it taste like green okra, but is not as slimy
Canna
Spanish moss in an OLD tree
Camelia tree
Bryce and Caleb petting Gus the turkey