tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post8503178566898623206..comments2024-03-28T10:59:15.431-05:00Comments on Southern Lagniappe: Country Roads Adventure: Part 1Southern Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13451320470435065945noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-25965892044150948832011-01-05T19:51:54.339-06:002011-01-05T19:51:54.339-06:00who would have thought moss could be so beautiful....who would have thought moss could be so beautiful...you really captured some great photos..Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11745604261113221887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-77580655742456627782011-01-04T18:30:52.873-06:002011-01-04T18:30:52.873-06:00Beautiful, beautiful pictures. Spanish Moss is one...Beautiful, beautiful pictures. Spanish Moss is one of my favorite things. We have a little of it around my house. Caddo Lake just north of here is breathtaking with its mossy trees. Thanks for these gorgeous pics. Can't wait to see more.<br />CarolynCarolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964496426456370797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-74893449381903735262011-01-04T14:58:20.351-06:002011-01-04T14:58:20.351-06:00Such lovely snapshots of a Southern fixture... we,...Such lovely snapshots of a Southern fixture... we, too, have Spanish Moss draped trees in Texas.<br /><br />When I see them, I can almost hear the strains of "Dixie"....<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your "scouting trip" with us, and for letting us learn more about Spanish Moss.<br /><br />I am looking forward to more from the roving L. Lens...Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07443650770496525972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-56763127595958381052011-01-04T13:56:34.064-06:002011-01-04T13:56:34.064-06:00The only tree in our yard in our previous house wa...The only tree in our yard in our previous house was alwys full of Spanish Moss. It was a sweet gum tree. I'm so glad someone else thinks it is beautiful!<br /><br />Did you know that the early settlers in our country in places like Savannah and New Orleans found this Spanish Moss and thought it wonderful. They used it to stuff their mattresses and pillows with to make them softer. And, as such, this is where the saying "don't let the bed bugs bite" comes from. The moss is covered...always...with red bugs. And, if you've ever had a red bug bite and I'm sure you have...they are not fun!Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699862913139313405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-24727094897743508692011-01-04T13:28:58.259-06:002011-01-04T13:28:58.259-06:00My Daddy's folks are from the Bayou region of ...My Daddy's folks are from the Bayou region of LA, maybe that is why I have always been drawn to cyprus knees and moss.. <br />I love your pictures, they are so Southern and how I love the South.<br />MollyMarjorie (Molly) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08876434453158175693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-15249230064557260812011-01-04T12:19:46.556-06:002011-01-04T12:19:46.556-06:00This just says "home" to me.
We have a ...This just says "home" to me.<br /><br />We have a wonderful 500 year+ oak in our yard that is draped in Spanish moss. I adore it. And when we lived in Central FL many years ago, we had the world's most beautiful magnolia that was perfectly shaped. It was covered in moss, and the guy who was in charge of all the gardening for the city told me nevuh evuh to de-moss it. I told the people who bought our house that, and they actually let some people take the moss off the tree. The people made money from it. They told them it was killing the tree which is was not. So the tree is now demossed, and the city is having a moss blight. Oh, well. <br /><br />Enjoyed this, Janie.<br /><br />XO,<br /><br />Sheila :-)The Quintessential Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010105595059019883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-44925037220512814952011-01-04T10:56:59.363-06:002011-01-04T10:56:59.363-06:00Just beautiful---I've been ever-enchanted with...Just beautiful---I've been ever-enchanted with the ethereal stuff, for it would not grow up where I lived.<br /><br />We used to bring great sacks of it home from trips to the coast or to NO, and even though we had such high humidity, something about that Delta air just wouldn't let it thrive.<br /><br />Some of your photos are like the shining rich pelt of some great benign beast, one which opens a sleepy eye and moves perhaps once in a thousand years.RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3809056835301186628.post-1058689823902412442011-01-04T10:11:49.324-06:002011-01-04T10:11:49.324-06:00The moss is beautiful...it looks like it is dancin...The moss is beautiful...it looks like it is dancing in the wind. <br />Very interesting post.<br />The colors are wonderful!<br />Looking forward to more scenes.nannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627958113283042574noreply@blogger.com