Resume

Samuel A. McLemore
Objective
I am searching for a field supervisor or project manager position with a company that is working to improve sustainability & aesthetics in their community.

Experience
May-Aug 2007 Ruppert Nurseries Atlanta, GA

Internship

• Worked closely with a field supervisor on an installation crew grading, planting, and coordinating subs.
• Operated various types of equipment, skid steer, roller packer, backhoe, and trencher.
• Completed Ruppert’s field supervisor training.
• Worked with their maintenance division doing basic maintenance work.
• Assisted completion of construction final punch list for the New World of Coca-cola, & LeJardin (the largest job on the books for Ruppert at that time.)
• Led a crew start to finish on two small installations in Columbus GA.
  
  May-Aug. 2005, ’06 The Greenery Oxford, MS
  Internship
• Performed and/or supervised landscape services including many types of hardscape installation: flagstone patios, stone borders, pergolas, design/build custom arbors, outdoor lighting repair, irrigation system design and installation, troubleshooting and repair, as well as planting, laying sod, pest management, and other maintenance operations.
• Supervised a crew of four (two Hispanic workers) assigning work, gathering supplies, performing pre-job surveys and reviewing work to be done with the crew as well as generally performing the lead job.
• I built custom arbors, lattice, stone walkways, and a flagstone patios.
  
  2002-2008 Nantahala Outdoor Center Mtn. Rest, SC
  Lead Raft Guide
• As trip leader I was responsible for groups of up to forty guests, leading them on a day of rafting down the wild and scenic class IV-V Chattooga River, along the border of South Carolina and Georgia.
• My duties included arranging transportation to and from the river, and establishing the overall safety “culture” for each trip on and off the water, and give my guest the experience they will never forget.
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  Education
  
  2002–2009 Mississippi State University Starkville, MS
  
• B.S., Landscape Contracting and Management.
• Received the Community Service & Outreach Award, May 2009.
  

Interests

• Eagle Scout of BSA Troop 100, Port Gibson MS.
• Hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, May-Oct. 2009
• Organic gardening, canoeing, kayaking, cycling, hiking, running, carpentry, amateur naturalist.
  mclemoresam@yahoo.com
  132 Josey Ave • Starkville, Mississippi 39759 • Phone (662) 418-0670
  
  

Success on the AT!!

!!Success on the AT!!

!Champagne on Springer!

!!Complete!!

!The blaze I was looking for!

It has been eleven days since Sallie and I completed our

(=!Flip/Flopin-AT-Thru-Hike!=)

2,178 - Two Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Eight

Miles Hiked*

*(Ran,Hopped,Waded,Vaulted,Slipped,Tripped,Swam)*

168 - One Hundred Sixty-Eight days of Vacation (as Isabel put it!)

13 - Thirteen Zero Days (days i didn't hike any trail miles)

4 - Four pair of shoes!

2 - Two Spoons
1- One Amazing Wife Supporting us from home!

Isabel at Amicalola Falls

Less than 1 mile to go!!

Stay tuned for more pictures! hopefully a slide show, videos, and more!

Sallie & I have begun to focus on training for a full marathon on February 28, 2010!

I feel like we are adjusting well to being back home. Sallie keeps her hunting skills sharp by spending hours chasing critters in the stick piles in the back yard as I restore order in the garden beds.

Damascus VA

Damascus, VA 1715 miles walked 463 miles to go till Springer mt. GA!!!

In less than 4 miles of climbing we will be in Tennessee!
Virginia has been an exciting and pleasant state to hike through. We have hiked with lots of great people, as well as having lots of time on the trail to ourselves!

The weather is getting cooler with temps in the 30's the other night!

Sallie in Action it can be tough getting her to hold some of her best poses'

Playin with the Ponies in Grayson Highlands S.P. the ponies help to keep the balds, bald.

Fall is upon us and the colors are amazing, pictures can't do it justice.its interesting to watch the understory change moving up to the larger trees. Darn Tough socks are really comfy and have a Lifetime Gaurantee! I have been wearing these since Gorham New Hampshire and you can see the hole, the same hole is on both sides of both socks. without question the outfitter replaced them free of charge!!!

Peace, Love, & Happiness!!! =:)

Wood's Hole Hostel

Greetings from Wood's Hole Hostel!!!

Sallie & I have had an amazing time walking through Virginia, Great trail, great views, lovely forest, generous people, warm southern hospitality, and Awesome Food!! Since our last post we spent a day with a fellow who teaches Earth skills (basic living in Nature), we had a day & 1/2 that we didn't see any other humans!, we went to a ZZ Topp concert, hiked across the triple crown of best views through VA (Tinker Cliffs, McAfee's Knob & Dragons Tooth), then crossed the New River!
We did not plan to stop here however it was a nasty day, & sallie banged up her front left leg chasing a chipmunk and through a rock field so we decided to make the day short! we were welcomed into this lovely oasis less than 1/2 mile off the trail where sallie is resting and i helped a little bit with some garden labor =:) we have enjoyed two fabulous meals and will be back on the trail shortly.

This is Indian Cucumber Root.
have seen this edible plant in every state so far.

It's been interesting to watch from formation to seeding.

Rock Fish Gap, VA

Rock Fish Gap, VA 1325.8 miles down 852.5 to go!

Its been A beautiful hike through the Park. We have been enjoying well graded and maintained trails, plentyful springs flowing cold, numerous wildlife encounters, great views, and kind people. Now up the Blue Ridge Parkway!

Here are some pictures!

This is our home, everthing we carry except the clothes I am wearing and my camera!

The Amazing Hot shower @ Blackburn

The Garden @ the Blackburn PATC center!

Before!

After a day of labor!

The beginning of VA!

A Sallie Twin everything but the color!

We are in Front Royal VA at the brand new Samuels Public Library, stopping in town for a resupply, recharge, and upload before entering the Shenandoah National Park for the next 100 miles! We are doing great on the trail making 18 & 21 miles the past 2 days. The temp finally dropped a little after the storm front that dropped an inch or two on Saturday. We have dried out and are ready for the traverse of Skyline drive!!!

Here are some shots from Maine!

Peaceful hiking along a lake in Maine!

A note left for Myco & Tekla!

Next is a short video from the top of Mt. Katahdin!!
110 mile visibility

The blue blazes to the right of the Carin are the beginning of the Knife's Edge Trail, the way we chose to descend, probably my favorite mile of the trip so far!

Thanks Y'all for the emails of encouragement, they mean alot. The prayers probably go farther because things seem to have a way of working out for us most of the time! I better get back to the path since Sallie is outside waiting for me to return!!!

Peace, Love, & Happiness!

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy @ Harpers Ferry WV

Here we are in West Virginia resting after a quick week out of southern PA thru MD and in no time out of WV into the long state of VA. Today is out 91st day since we began this journey! Every step changes your perspective on everything around you! Every step takes you farther away and at the same time closer. Do you count days or miles up, down, gone by, or to come? Walking the long brown path makes you aware of things on different scales.
While in Maine we enjoyed daytime highs of 75 where as here it will be 94 this past week has been an adjustment and another small mountain to climb over but after bathing in the tepid Potomac yesterday I feel like I am adjusted, however Sallie says she might still want to get a haircut to aid in her adjustment!
August 6th was my last day of hiking in Maine finishing the first 30 miles of the 100 mile wilderness that I Skipped over to spend more time with Isabel!!! Sallie and I ate AYCE (all you can eat) tacos @ The Lakeshore House in Monson ME, slept a great night then AYCE breakfast @Shaw's boarding house, jumped in the car for a shuttle to Bangor ME @830am rented a car and started driving south @ 330PM we picked up Mere in Boston, stopped for diner in Farefield CT, talked to our sister Bethany as we drove through the Bronx and Manhattan watching the moon come up over the city and @1230 AM we were parking in Duncannon PA. 16 hours in a car to cover what I took 77 days to hike!!! what an Adventure!!!
Well Southbound we go!!! Peace, Love, Happy Hiking!!!
We will be covering MILES sharing the SMILES!!!
PONCHO & LEFTY

Verde-Mont The MOUNTAINS of GREEN

Vermont was a beautiful state to trek through. I started the state with a new pair of shoes 

Sallie started with a new respect for wildlife, at least of the prickly type. 

 rivers here have been so nice to walk along sending me day dreaming as we pass awesome rapids and wonderful pools. There have only been a few days that we did not go swimming, or at least wading, they were the days when we were walking in the rain!! Sallie and I have summitted our tallest peaks yet but with larger ones still to come when we get into the white mountains of New Hampshire. Today we officially crossed into NH!! Yeah!! On Sunday the 28 of June we hiked down to the White River @West Hartford VT just in time to see 2 Kayakers jumping off the bridge!! they did it multiple times and it wasn't long before my buddy Tekla and I found ourselves doing the same, The White river is supposedly one of the cleanest around and it was nice and chilly! We called my cousins (through Isabel) the Peterson's who live in Lebanon NH and we were picked up from the river by the eldest son Trevor. He took us to their home where aunt Deb and uncle Steve had prepared a wonderful spread for lunch, washed our clothes, allowed us to shower, sleep in beds and wear Trevor's cotton clothes. For the morning they fed us well and drove us to pick up mail in Hanover then back to the trail to slack pack back to town for another wonderful meal, shower, sleep in their home!! We are very grateful for their hospitality and generosity!! I hope one day we maybe able to return the favor! tomorrow we will eat breakfast and get started back heading North. We have a tentative schedule to be on-top of Mt. Kathidin in one Month on July 29, which only requires us to average 15 miles a day. The trail has been ever amazing, every step a new vantage point and every step is one closer to the goal, the journey seems to be the destination, most days we pass through numerous places that out-do most post cards you can buy. Peace Love and Happiness to All!        

From Dalton MA

Sallie & I now are known as "Lefty & Poncho"
We have hiked 450 miles in 31 days. Traveling through five states. We have encountered: deer, rabbits, vultures, snakes, hundreds of chipmonks (which sallie give chase to when they squeak), hundreds of Red Efts, toads, centipedes, catipillars, butterflies, but most stingingly 2 porcupines, the second one left its quills deep in lefty's snout which set us back slightly including a trip to The Greylock Animal hospital, We should thank Barb, Paul, & Eathen who were out for a morning hike and became our trail angels driving us to the clinic and getting us into the system under their names. we started lefty on a 2 a day antibiotic to prevent infection, this evening i found 2 quills that had gone all they way through her jaw and came out sharp end first. WOW!!!! (it hurt me as much as her to pull it out)

The trail is a great way to explore the beauty put on this earth! Every day I find myself starring at a magnificant views. meadows, mountains, valleys, creeks, cliffs, forests!

New Jersey Check, New York Check

Pensylvania ROCKS!!!

Good day to all!!!
On May 14 Isabel, Wonderbite, Sallie, & I Travelled to Damascus VA, to attend Trail Days, A Hiker's festival! Sallie & I walked in the Hiker parade which was a water gun & balloon war through the main street, someone said it was probably just a ploy to wash the stink off the hikers! it didnt seem to help much though, hikers are a fairly stinky bunch!! From there Isabel and I said our goodbyes and she began the 11 hour drive home to Starkvegas, and back to finish the school year. Dustin ((trailname MYCO-POLO)as in Where are the mushrooms, oh here are the mushrooms:)hitched a ride from Duncannon PA with Trail Angel Mary down to Trail Days. His girl friend Ali & our great friend Jared came up as well. So Sunday the 17 we headed towards PA, Where my awesome buddy Eric & his fiance opened their newly purchased home to the 5 of us and fed us diner and breakfast then showed us to a local outfitter to pick up last minute supplies. Then it was off to Duncannon Where Dustin had gotten off the trail for trail days, which is 1041 miles from Mt. Kathidin Maine. We began our trip walking through town, across the Juanita, then the Susquhanna Rivers, then up to the ridge top. The second day out someone passing us southbound told us there was some Trail Magic 5 miles ahead at a road crossing, it was awesome they fed us frozen fruit, gatorade, hamburgers & hotdogs, one of them had a pet groundhog. It was an awesome start. we also met to other guys headed to Maine one named Squeak & the other WD-40 cool guys from Chicago. any who Jared and Ali hiked 3 days with us then had to head back to other obligations. so Sallie, Myco,& I Headed North. we have had an awesome time stopping at views of PA farmland and even hiking with an Amish Family for a short distance. The flowers & trees blooming are wonderful, we always stop and take pictures of the ones we haven't seen yet, and attempt to identify them. If there is one thing to say about the trail in PA its ROCKS!!! big ones, little ones, sharp ones, slick ones, red ones, black ones, grey ones, the moss covered ones are nice, but lookout on the Lichen covered one they are slick as _____!! we we climbing down from Wolf Rocks overlook where it was to cloudy to look over when i took a spill on one but caught the edge with my fingertips which saved me from a good 10 foot drop. WHEW!!! I have loved almost every second of the trip so far, my feet have not loved quite as much as i have though. Sallie is just as excited every morning as ever to get started walking and she knows when we start putting our packs on its time to go and get her pack on. she was tolerating her botties for a while but when they were wet they rubbed her a little too much so she took them off, she has a pair of socks on the way. she loves chasing chipmonks however she tried to chase a porcupine and wound up with 5 quills in her nose, yet it didnt phase her. I am typing this message in the office of The Presbyterian Church of The Mountain in DWG (Deleware Water Gap) PA, we are 894 miles from Kathidin and enjoying the hospitality of the hostel here at the church. we will be back on the trail tomorrow in New Jersey, for the next 70 miles. I apologize for the gramatical errors i am trying to type quickly. Thank you for your Prayers and support!!! "Inch by Inch, Life's a Cinch!, Yard by Yard, Life's HARD!!!" Peace, Love, & Happiness to all!!!

Preperations for the AT

Yeah!!! I Graduated!!! on May 2 2009, I walked across the stage at the Humphrey coliseum to receive my diploma in Landscape Contracting. These are exciting times. on May first Iwas awarded The community service & outreach award from the LA department, I thought that was cool! Finally I get to focus on preparations for the trail. It's raining today Monday the eleventh, I love the rain especially when its raining on my yard and garden, Iwonder how much Iwill love the rain while I am hiking??? I do have a really cool Sylnylon poncho that my mom sewed together for me, to use as a tarp/packcover/poncho. Mom also sewed some hammock sleeves for me out of some ripstop fabric she had at home then she cut out a pattern of a sleeping bag liner out of some nice green polyester, and I sewed it together just last night, we will see just how well those stitches hold up can they handle constant use for about 160 days and nights??? Isabel took me to the grocery store last night to stock up for my first three days of hiking.

Easter weekend & Packs

Lovely bottom land of the Tombigbee National Forest.

This past weekend the fam (Sallie, Wonderbite, Isabel, Sam) loaded up and made the short drive to Choctaw Lake recreation area In the Tombigibee National Forest, to camp and a little bit of relaxation & exercise. Sallie & I hiked a little bit over 14 miles but the majority was beautiful bottom land, the dog woods were full of blooms. Most of the area where we hiked had be burnt by a prescribed burn this past winter, the understory was low but bursting back into life.

The Azalea's were creating an amazingly refreshing scent, it was obvious when you were getting close to the creek, just by the smell.

I need help identifying this small tree blooming in the understory along the side slopes.

I saw lots of these galls in on the ground. natures is so cool. the way this thing was formed it looks like an safety system built for the worm that was inside. i wonder how high this thing fell from?

NEW Packs!!!

Sallie Got here pack in the mail yesterday and is awaiting her shoes,

My wonderful MOM ordered my pack for me today here is what we got.

Preperations for the AT

Howdy all... 39 days and counting till i begin walking North!!!

It's been an exciting and busy spring. I have been carrying a 40-60lb pack to and from school which is only 2 1/4 miles of mostly pavement walking, but i walk weather it is nice or raining. i have been doing this since we returned from spring break on the 24th of march. I have begun compiling a gear list and thought i would share it, you can see what I plan to carry on my back for 2000+ miles.

Sam’s AT Gear List
Needs to get!!
Transportation
Keen’s Shell Rock mid WP
Nothinz’s (croc –like) ($20)
Poles??? (Leki I hope)
Shelter
Osprey Aether 60 pack
Homemade Sylnylon Pack Cover
Red Ledge Parka
Full Zip Rain Pants
Gaiters
Homemade Sylnylon Tarp
4 Stakes
50’ Bear line
Bedroom
Dry Bag
Eagles nest sleep system
(need a new nest and tree saver straps & homemade skins)
Therm-a-rest Pro-lite 4 regular
Silk weight bag liner
Sierra designs Flex bag
Kitchen
(in stuff sack)
Hand Sanitizer
2 liter camelback bladder
1.5 liter nalgene
Recycled beer bottle alcohol stove
12oz alcohol bottle
Wind screen
Titanium pot
Lighter
Aqua Mira
Water filter PUR Homemade Sylnylon bag (Shower Bag)
Wide top Mug
Coffee Filter Screen
Long Heat Resistant Spoon
Food in Heavy Duty Ziploc
Small pak towel
Laundry
Dry Bag
SmartWool Hiking socks
ThorLo Hiking socks
Two pair of liners
LS Patigonia ziptop shirt
SS patigonia button up
SS under armor tshirt
2 pair underarmor or patigonia undies
Patigonia swim shorts
Patigonia silk weight long handles
Nylon shorts with pockets
Study
Heavy Duty Ziploc
Headlamp Petzl E+LITE®
Moleskine Journal & Sharpie
Guidebook??
Maps
Cell phone & Charger (Verizon)
Wallet (Cash-ID-Debit-Insurance card??)
Spot tracker device
Camera, Xtra Battery, Charger
Privy
Stuff Sack
Wet wipes
Small trowel
Dr. Bronners
TP
Toothbrush
Pak towel
Medicine Cabinet
Heavy Duty Ziploc
3xAntibiotic tube
Vitiamin i
Benadryl

Pepto chewables
Moleskin
Leatherman Micra
Sewing Needles Nylon String
Duct Tape
Ace Bandage
Bandana

I am trying to find the best deals on this stuff so if you see anything at a good price let me know.

This is a map of our day !!

This past weekend I attended a workshop at the Noxubee Refuge put on by the friends of the refuge, where we learned about nature journaling, it was an awesome day, we water colored and stamped leaves and other things we found and wrote a little about them.

Grace and Peace to All.

Beautiful March Day

What a beautiful day it has been...it seems like everything is in bloom right now... lots of people are walking/running/biking and enjoying this beautiful place we call Earth.

quick update

its been a very busy time of the year, lots of things are blooming, i have way to many irons in the fire, but my midterm grades were C,A,B,B so things are looking good for me to graduate on May 2nd at 2 pm, that's if i pass these four classes. I built a doghouse out of recycled material and stole lots of wheat filled pots from Dustin and borrowed plants from the Hort club to cover the roof. the Hort club used the roof as display space at the first annual everything garden expo that was put on by the Starkville area arts council. the event was a huge success i am sure it will continue to grow. i have enjoyed telling people about Dustin and his trek so far i hope he is enjoying these bright moonlit nights, i know he is somewhere between the NOC and Hot Springs this Saturday is his birthday, so wish him a happy one. i hope our buddy Jared is learning lots and not messing as much stuff up over there as he does here...lol... well that's enough update for now i am out of time. i will post more soon...

Busy Busy Busy

busy? some how i find myself constantly moving, even when i am still, (maybe i have a disorder not confirmed though) so here is some stuff from one of my note books that i am running through. Feb 10 computers class (these things are amazing and evil at the same time i wish i had more knowledge of operation of all the different programs) Hort Club Felder Rushing came to speak to us, his main message was to be different, by using both sides of your brain... his definition of "a weed- Any plant dealing with an unhappy human."
Deconstructionism
A term tied very closely to postmodernism, deconstructionism is a challenge to the attempt to establish any ultimate or secure meaning in a text. Basing itself in language analysis, it seeks to "deconstruct" the ideological biases (gender, racial, economic, political, cultural) and traditional assumptions that infect all histories, as well as philosophical and religious "truths." Deconstructionism is based on the premise that much of human history, in trying to understand, and then define, reality has led to various forms of domination - of nature, of people of color, of the poor, of homosexuals, etc. Like postmodernism, deconstructionism finds concrete experience more valid than abstract ideas and, therefore, refutes any attempts to produce a history, or a truth. In other words, the multiplicities and contingencies of human experience necessarily bring knowledge down to the local and specific level, and challenge the tendency to centralize power through the claims of an ultimate truth which must be accepted or obeyed by all.
Example by Felder: Line, Filler, Mass= Spikey, Roundey, Frilley.
You Don't Have To Be Like Everyone Else
80% of the world lives within 5 kilometers of their food sources.... wow not here in the US though... Why Not???
2 rules for composting: 1quit throwing that stuff away! 2pile it up somewhere!!!
"Be the change you want to see in the World!!!!!!!" Gandhi...
After felder i went to accounting class and learned about using T accounts. ugh...
then i went to Mississippi's best grassroots arts/music event in Lee Hall. it was excellent free art and music with Paul Thorn, Nash Street, Kent Burnside, Eden Brent, and others...
on Feb 11 at the ASLA meeting Roger Baker and Rob Rice, the campus planner and head of campus landscape respectively spoke with us and their main point that i took away was unless they get money specifically for sustainable projects they are not really pushing the into action. they do compost amazingly. they said the budget ran about 4cents per sq. foot. and that includes athletics... they eagerly answered questions, but unless they get more funding the projects that should happen will not happen.
well i have to go work with the arbor culture team to train for the student career days and work on my flow through planters as well..
my mind is also designing landscapes for my yard, the Spears', my parents, as well as trying to get a pedicab company started in starkville, also working to get things together for Starkville in Motion, and Earth Day celebrations, plus The AT my start date is tentatively set for meeting Pinion on MAY 13 somewhere near Harper's Ferry...
Grace and Peace to all!!!

Just another dog on the roadside

poor thing probably never saw it coming

so while on the subject of dogs it would seem that the Bulldog staff responsible for removing certain unwanted items are not the most environmentally friendly bunch. here is a stack of crating materials I salvaged from North farm, while on south farm things seem to be a little more on the trashy side.

These pallets are made of 2x4s and 2x6s not your typical pallets. I know they will find a use at my house, the dreams are coming as I type.... So on South Farm...

Here in the far corner of the south farm about 30 yards from a stream is a large debris pile the gets burned on a regular ocassion and maintained by a bulldozer. objects found include: potted plants from the PSS dept I assume, Empty oil and antifreeze containers, a refrigerator, tires, Compostable items like sawdust, pruned hollies, nandinas, eleagnus, jasmine, crepemyrtle, oak limbs and the list could continue...

this picture is a stream that has amazing beauty yet people seem to find a way to leave their mark...

Quotable Merle.. or not so quotable...

Over the barking of Sammy and Samantha, Merle's roadside hound-dogs, Merle yells... "Check out my New Toy!" Then he snaps a couple of shots of me as I stand in amazement. " Talk about spy camera, and it was only 600 bucks!!" he then explains why he got it for his daughter to use for photography class. Next he brought it over to let me check it out to "really see what this baby can do!!"
This was the most recent event from Merle but he often has something very inspiring to say to when I see him in the yard or driveway. So here are a couple from the past.. for kicks..
On one morning this January when it got down into the teens Merle yells "I wanna see Al Gore and ask him where is this global warming crap!!" the next day we had sunny weather in the 60's... as I hear more or remember the good ones that have past I will post more. I must say this is not to make fun of Merle but to enjoy the good times/laughs as they come.. Grace and Peace.

turf baby looking for a name!!! it a big one!!!


a view from above this is an angle that i love to take advantage of, mainly cause i like to climb stuff!! this is the junk yard view.



someone said that some of the stuff i have done in my yard reminds them of Andy Goldsworthy, however i know i have not made it to his level yet but one day...

a Living wall with a fish pond at the bottom, hiding a 350 gallon water tank that has a slow leak..

fun with runts..i always liked bananna flavor, with a crunch..

one day i will post some of the work i have done. here are some pictures of random stuff +++ Plus this post contains pics of My new Turf Baby an extra credit project from one of my classes.

Looking for organization? not here

I wish Godspeed & Traveling mercy on Jared and Delores as the make their way around Spain and possibly other parts of Europe. We the three of us made it out on one last paddling adventure here in Mississippi the day before they left. We put in just off of hwy 45 at the convergence of the Black Water creek and the Piwtiefaw creek, where paddled and limboed our way and in a few spots had to pull and drag ourselves down over logs and under trees in the creeks. It was a beautiful Tuesday morning in January with temps in the high 50's. We were able to experience a small piece of heaven on earth it seemed like that morning as we came around bend after bend of amazing natural beauty. There was a marked change in the attitude of the creek when we met up with the Sucarnoochee Creek with fast currents, sandstone outcroppings deeper pools, fewer log jams, and larger stream buffers along the sides. it was amazing to see a cut bank making its way into a farmers field around one bend then around the next where huge stands of river birch, sycamore, and musclewood with Sparkle berries in places we noticed red buds budding, banks full of moss, ferns, rivercane, beaver trimmed privet unfortunately there was a bunch of privet but the beavers did seem to enjoy chowing on it i don't think they will be able to keep it in check though. (sorry about the Runons i seem to like to do this often) We caught a glimpse of a beaver, we were greeted by some wood ducks, we chased a Great Blue Heron for a hop or two, we disturbed the digesting cycle for some turtles that dropped off of the logs as we passed and we confused to wild pigs as we floated past. i deeply enjoyed my time with J&D on this trip, and i am anticipating news from them while they make there way about the world. this pair amazes me as they both have a deep thirst for knowledge and love to experience nature and the world inspiring way.

Is a figment of your imagination really just a pigment in which you paint your own story with colorful imagery whether its just for yourself or the whole world to see? what pigment are your figments? happy? mellow? sad? nervous? excited? calm?

'Bon Annee'

is this sight familar to anyone? i really like the Dragon and the Flag is over an Irish pub

these were Found in Taylor, MS

'Bon Annee'

'Bon Annee'!!! -- Happy New Year!!!
well we had a nice Christmas Season and we traveled to Nashville for our new years eve celebration.. now its back to school and working to become a more organized household.