Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.
—Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop
Montana claims the moniker Big Sky Country, and Nebraska's sky has long inspired its writers, but Louisiana yields nothing to either. Scenes from one day in St. Tammany Parish:
By mid-morning, the sky was full of cumulus fractus clouds, what I call a "kite sky". Can you guess why?
The pond at Fontainebleu was like a mirror, if alligators lived in mirrors.
Afternoon skies over Lake Pontchartrain. Jessa's photos look like travel posters for Paradise. (Actually, I think I might have taken one of these...)
More clouds over Pontchartrain, framed by cypress trees hung in Spanish moss.
Sunset (and moonrise) found us in one of the marshes, and we couldn't have wanted a better vantage point. Farewell from Louisiana...
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