Bill Ellzey: Pink magnolia was a casualty of the Mardi Gras freeze
Bill Ellzey
The weather has certainly warmed up, but it has not brought back the lovely blossoms on my pink magnolia which had nearly reached its peak display at Mardi Gras.
The earliest blossoms were shedding their petals, still pink/white, blanketing the yard around the tree, while new buds and blossoms were opening.
The deep chill turned all that pink to an ugly brown. And the brown petals cling to the tree, with only a handful of buds surviving and opening into whole pink blossoms.
I m left with a patch of ugly, some 15 feet wide by 15 feet tall. Depressing.
Crawfish pardoned by Lt. Governor to celebrate crawfish season
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Lafitte the Crawfish, named after Chef John Folse s Lafitte s Landing Restaurant, becomes the fifth crustacean to receive a pardon from Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser.
and last updated 2021-02-23 14:22:05-05
THIBODAUX â Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser granted an official pardon to a crawfish on Tuesday to celebrate crawfish season.
Lafitte the Crawfish was given the pardon during the Fifth Annual Pardoning of the Crawfish event at The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute on Nicholls State University campus in Thibodaux.
Official pardons for crawfish began in 2017 by Lt. Governor Nungesser and have been held annually on the first Tuesday following Mardi Gras.
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