Well,
We had our MILLIONITH tornado watch and warnings yesterday, very intense. I'm not sure why all of a sudden these tornados are showing up every other day. We broke a record on how many tornados we had this year, I'm even amazed! As long as I have lived here, I have never seen this many tornados happen at once. There was every now and then we had one, we eve had only 5 one year, now it's record 300. That's a huge leap! I pray for those that are hurt from the swarm we've been having this year, those that are in; Missouri, Middle Tennessee, Alabama, and Gerogia. Shoot! I pray for all of us to make it through this season!
Anyway... I'm sitting here, working on my crawfish gumbo. The flood water went down a lot, so my husband and I went out crawfishing. We were really bummed out due to the fact that the crawfish we were getting wern't really that big! It baffled me because we ALWAYS get great big crawfish every year, but for some reason we haven't been getting what we usually get. My husband was fed up and decides he wants to get the big one by digging and sticking his hand down a crawfish hole! I sighed and shook my head at how, what you could call, "Adventurous and Spontanious he is." I told him that it was a stupid idea because he wasn't %100 sure what he was grabbing at.
The way you can tell what is a snake hole and a crawfish hole is that crawfish dig on the side of ditches or hills or any sloped area, dig up and they make huge mounds on top of the ground that look like ginormous ant hills. They're night predators and they feed at night. So, If you want to set a crawfish trap of any sort, your best time would be during the day. They like fish, the smelliest is the best kind! You can find them in the fields or in ditches. In the water, Mike likes to throw his casting net.
This season is starting off pretty slow, can't run any trout lines for catfish because the marine battery we have is no good. We have customers that are wanting their Catfish and Spoonbill and they're getting restless! Our business is not going well with all this drastic floods and sudden drops in the water... Every fishermen entrepenuer's WORST nightmare. Last year, we were pulling them in like it was NOTHING! We sold over 200 lbs worth of catfish and they were STILL coming, now... It seems like mother nature has it out for us this year. :( Giving us one heck of a challenge! I'm just praying that all of our fundings this pay period can go to a better battery and get us out there!
It's hard, but you have to stick it out and hope for the best. Down here, working hard is a way of life and even though we're not starting out well this season, we still try and manage the best we can by giving it our all. Isn't that in everyone's motto? ;-)
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Pish Push the Rain!
It has been verfied over the news that we are going to get a whole bunch of rain for the next week, none stop. I have only seen a few heavy showers at night and dingey during the day time, which means bad news for my garden. They manage to survive these unpredictable weather conditions since we planted them during the month of April, wasn't our best choice, but it seemed to work out! We were supposed to wait until the 10th of May, but that just didn't seem logical to us. I'm glad it worked out though, I would have been so upset if all our hard work would just wither away.
We have our; Squash, Bell Pepper, Tomatos, Banana Pepper, Onion, Romain Lettuce, Egg Plant, Broccoli, Zucchini, Strawberry, Melon, and Water Melon plants. Mike is so proud of our work and we hope to start processing and canning foods here not too long from now. You see the gas prices rising sky high along with the price of food and you wonder, why should I have to put up with this? The way I was raised was that you didn't have to run all the way to the store to get what you need, you had everything you need here. Take care of the land and the land will take care of you, no doubt. I'm not like a city slicker, I live in the country and I always have lived in the country... I wouldn't change none of it for the world!
My little sister and I have the same dad, but not the same mom and she lives where I'm from, California. Yeah I talked to her on my 22nd birthday and she asked my sister and I, "When are you guys going to move out here back to California?" I stood there and drifted my eyes towards my sister, not knowing what to say. I love my little sister and I would love nothing but to be around her all the time, but that's too much of a cultural change for me! And I told her that, it would be too much of a cultural shock for me if I were to just up and move to the city. I already know how people would look at me, believe me I know how Californians act! I plan on going out there to visit her and the rest of my familia, but it'll only be a visit. They like to make fun of me and my accent, but it'll be a lot of fun for them to gawk at the little Californian girl turning in to a little Dixie Southern Belle. Honestly, nothing better! ;-)
We have our; Squash, Bell Pepper, Tomatos, Banana Pepper, Onion, Romain Lettuce, Egg Plant, Broccoli, Zucchini, Strawberry, Melon, and Water Melon plants. Mike is so proud of our work and we hope to start processing and canning foods here not too long from now. You see the gas prices rising sky high along with the price of food and you wonder, why should I have to put up with this? The way I was raised was that you didn't have to run all the way to the store to get what you need, you had everything you need here. Take care of the land and the land will take care of you, no doubt. I'm not like a city slicker, I live in the country and I always have lived in the country... I wouldn't change none of it for the world!
My little sister and I have the same dad, but not the same mom and she lives where I'm from, California. Yeah I talked to her on my 22nd birthday and she asked my sister and I, "When are you guys going to move out here back to California?" I stood there and drifted my eyes towards my sister, not knowing what to say. I love my little sister and I would love nothing but to be around her all the time, but that's too much of a cultural change for me! And I told her that, it would be too much of a cultural shock for me if I were to just up and move to the city. I already know how people would look at me, believe me I know how Californians act! I plan on going out there to visit her and the rest of my familia, but it'll only be a visit. They like to make fun of me and my accent, but it'll be a lot of fun for them to gawk at the little Californian girl turning in to a little Dixie Southern Belle. Honestly, nothing better! ;-)
Saturday, May 21, 2011
For Starters...
For the longest time people have had their own looks upon the people of the South. Hopefully some of my bloggings will show that not all of us meet the sterotypes of the "Southern Redneck." My husband was born in Missouri but I, myself, was born in California and moved down here to the state of Tennessee when I was just knee high to a grasshopper. My family consists of Mexicans, French Bausque, French Cajun and Cherrokee Indians from both sides. I have adapted well growing up down here, I don't see any reason to return to the city because my heart belongs here.
I mean, there is nothing like it! You live off the land, you work for the land and the land works for you, you look outside and see a deer, you stare up at the night sky and count every star you see, you sit along side of the river bank and watch the barges sail by while you reminise with you friends around a Bon Fire, cook catfish straight on the bank after you done caught it, people wave at you, people stop and help you if you look like you're in a bind, sweet tea is like no other, just good ol' Southern Hospitality.
I know there is some things I don't like as well. Such as; The heat (Choke to death), the mosquitos (Size of dinosaurs), everything can kill you, there are 3,000 different species of spiders and 2,988 are in the South, I've seen a Couger approach my back door and stare at me, and Tornados and Floods are the worst. Like anywhere else, the South has its ups and downs but I know for a fact that no where else in this entire world can beat what we have down here and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
I mean, there is nothing like it! You live off the land, you work for the land and the land works for you, you look outside and see a deer, you stare up at the night sky and count every star you see, you sit along side of the river bank and watch the barges sail by while you reminise with you friends around a Bon Fire, cook catfish straight on the bank after you done caught it, people wave at you, people stop and help you if you look like you're in a bind, sweet tea is like no other, just good ol' Southern Hospitality.
I know there is some things I don't like as well. Such as; The heat (Choke to death), the mosquitos (Size of dinosaurs), everything can kill you, there are 3,000 different species of spiders and 2,988 are in the South, I've seen a Couger approach my back door and stare at me, and Tornados and Floods are the worst. Like anywhere else, the South has its ups and downs but I know for a fact that no where else in this entire world can beat what we have down here and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.
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