By Mary Ann Anderson
From Tribune News Service
LAPLACE, La. — In the far reaches of southern Louisiana, where the earth is sea level-flat, it is sometimes difficult to determine the fusion point where water and sky meet. The horizon melds the two together in a tapestry of colors – velvety sapphire, glowing green and metallic silver and gold — and are so richly and expertly woven that it’s sometimes difficult to tell where one begins and the other ends.
Water is the lifeblood of this part of Louisiana’s Mississippi River delta, with the entire wetlands comprising some three million acres striated with canals, creeks, swamps and bayous, all threaded together by verdant forests of Spanish moss-fringed pine, oak, tupelo, and cypress.
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