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Scenes from the South: The Swamp

June 8, 2017 by Ellen Leave a Comment

June is traditionally very busy for me – from taking the grands to Vacation Bible School, weekend trips and all the other miscellaneous things that go on! So I thought, I’d fill the blog with pictures! This week, we’ll be visiting the swampland!
There is a bayou that cuts through the property where I work, and has a couple of swamp ponds on either side. In the bayou and the swamp, there are gators galore! Here are a few of the pictures I’ve taken. Trust me when I tell you this: I have a zoom lens on my camera, and I stay in my car and take the pictures!!

Prowling around the swamps…


 

Friends forever…


 

I smile because I’m happy…


Hope you have enjoyed these big, bad boys!

Grace be with you,

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