Bayou Bienvenue

This slip flows out into the Bayou Bienvenue area in St. Bernard Parish -- east of New Olreans. You can see the shrimp boat in the center with its net up. The area of swamps, marshes and shallow lakes outside the levee system is an abundant source of shrimp and seafood.

This area along Paris Road also has an assortment of small boat repair yards. Note the house far out in the distance. It's either well built to have survived Hurricane Katrina, or its a new house.

-- steve buser

Other boating scenes on City Daily Photo Blogs today:

Berowa Waters Car Ferry -- Sydney Daily Photo
Guess Who Was Happy -- Joensuu Daily Photo
Reflection -- San Diego Daily Photo
View From My Window -- Rabaul Daily Photo
West Pier Brighton Photo -- Brighton Daily Photo

Non-endless summer

Where has summer gone? Even though the days still get up in the 90's periodically, you know that its gone -- just a fading few days.

Remember younger years, when the end of summer meant heading back to classes -- renewing old acquaintances, but, also each year taking on harder and harder studies.

The cool fall breezes blew in football games and school dances. I loved the cool walk to school before the breezes started stinging.

But each year, I would wonder how summer passed so fast. Why didn't I savor it more? Why didn't I do more?

Summer is a like a footprint on the beach -- once the waves roll in, the footprint goes away -- never to be found again -- except as a memory.

--steve buser

Going boldly where....

New Orleans is where the external tanks for the Space Shuttle are built. Above, the NASA Michoud facility shares a long tradition of building space vehicle. These rocket motors are part of the Saturn V rocket boosters that were built at the New Orleans East facility in the 60's and did the heavy lifting for the Apollo space capsules.

Below, the tall building is where the external tanks are stored vertically for some of the final steps of the assembly process.

The Michoud facility will continue on with its space tradition in the next decade with projects to build the Orion crew exploration vehicle, which will carry astronauts to the moon and Mars, and new Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle, the new booster rockets for those.

--steve buser