Having been here up north for so long the city has like my favorite flower grown on me but no matter what in heart and in mind I will always be a southern girl through and through and my home is along the Bayou in Louisiana particularly the Bayou Vermilion where my home is located. A small mansion right on the water protected fierce by a couple of alligators named Mercury and Pluto respectively.<br/><br/>So having had the urge to go home again I place an invitation to some good friends of mine to join me as I travel back home to the Bayou.<br/><br/>I manage to gather tickets for the next stagecoach back home to Lafayette, Louisiana and then by boat. I slowly make my way up the Bayou to home passing several neighborhoods in so doing<br/><br/><br/>(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/150x100q90/922/7X2wU4.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/f/pm7X2wU4j)<br/>Finally however, after a 2 hour ride down the river I'm home.<br/>and see my place is just how I left it.<br/>(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/150x100q90/921/XUqycV.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/f/plXUqycVj)<br/><br/>and as I step off I see my workers busy as always but happily they make time to come greet their loving Maitresse come home.<br/><br/>(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/150x100q90/924/wopHv6.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/f/powopHv6j)<br/>"Welcome home Maitresse Shannon we missesd you mighty sore and worried 'bout ya a deal but still we remain faithful to ya always Maitresse Shannon." My lead worker tells me and explains to me in detail all the work that has taken place in my time away and I couldn't be more proud of my beloved babes working so hard for me.<br/><br/>Taking time to myself I go to my private chambers and undress from my travel clothing and find some more relaxing fare to put on as I step out and ask one of my workers to prepare a pitcher of lemonade on ice for me and bring me a glass and the pitcher.<br/><br/>She quickly goes off to the kitchen to do just so as I take my seat in my old rocker and sit out watching as the first of many lazy days I intend to spend here back at home finally goes by nice and slow just as does the waters of the Bayou Vermilion.<br/><br/>(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/150x100q90/923/UnKBcZ.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/f/pnUnKBcZj)<br/>