Author: the bayou gypsy

Welcome! I am the bayou gypsy, born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Although I have spread my wings in the great cities of Austin, Seattle and Delray Beach, the bayou state kept calling me back home in 2007. Thank goodness for the pull back home because that is where I met and married my husband, Andrew. We relocated to 7 acres in Zachary, LA and have started life on a farm. It's the land of bayous, fishing, hunting, four wheelers, trucks, nutria, deer, cows, three rescue pups named Abby James, Dixie and Gypsy, two rescue horses named Sparkle and Freedom, 20 chickens, 2 turkeys named Leroy & Luann and everything else southern. I have started this personal blog to chronicle our new found farm life, the battles and blessings of our ongoing infertility, our recent adoption and the exciting adventures this bayou gypsy and her cowboy get into on the regular. I dabble in a little bit of everything and will share it all with you one wild ride at a time. Come wander with me...y'all!

Living Among the Wildflowers.

April 20, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Since our fumigation, we assessed the damage and are awaiting the custom cut cypress to arrive so that work can begin. Since we have a short waiting period before repairs start, we went ahead and treated the soil for the native subterranean termites and formosan termites. The subterranean termite needs a soil source to survive and […]

Meet Sparkle.

March 31, 2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

We have a new addition to Cypress Bayou Farm. Meet our 11 year old Tennessee Walker named Sparkle. Her prior owner passed away and as you can see, his heirs weren’t taking care of her very well. Andrew and I weren’t exactly in the market for any animals right now because of issues we are […]

In the Silence.

March 28, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Here’s a little Monday motivation for you! After a nice Easter weekend celebrating the risen Christ, I’m reminded My Lord and My Savior is there in the quiet, fighting for me and lifting me up each step of this glorious journey we call life. We don’t need to have it all figured out. We don’t […]

This is Bat Country.

March 23, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

Upon purchasing our farmhouse a few weeks ago, we didn’t realize we would be sharing it with…BATS! Yes, you read that right – bats. When we first started seeing them fly out at sundown each night to feed, we were fascinated and somewhat intrigued by the idea of having bats. I thought “how cute, we have bats”. […]

Keep Listening.

March 17, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

Perfectly said by Rian Kerfoot of Truth and Cake. “Keep listening to the drum beat of your cracked open, loving, overly optimistic heart. That’s how you rebuild a life.” As I watched the sun set on the farm last night, this quote came to my mind. Rebuilding my life after a rocky year of ups and downs, […]