bayou

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  The mobile home appears to be a typical south Florida home, complimented by a pink flamingo in the front year.
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  A walkway leads from the backyard to the boat house on the shore of Pensacola Bay.
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  The walkway terminates on top of the boar house.
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  There are 11 homes that have waterfront property at the entrance to the Bayou. Most of those property owners have docks and boathouses.
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  The boat house is located on the left of the photograph.
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  The boat house is flanked by walkways.
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  Most of the homes on the bluff have a fishing pier.
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  The inlet is protected from the bay.
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  The garden gate reveals the swimming pool and bayou.
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  The front is divided into three porch types - screen, open and glass enclosure.
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  The glassed-in front porch is used as an office by Michael Mangrum.
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  An open seating area is located between the screen porch and the glassed-in office.
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  A screen porch is on the south wing of the home.
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  The East Hill Park is the location for the annual National Wakeboard Championship. This 20 acre community park is located on Bayou Texar in Pensacola.
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  There are eight tennis courts, an outside arena, picnic and children's play areas.
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  This playground area features traditional slides and swings.
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  The play area overlooks Bayou Texar.
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  The old-fashioned stainless steel side is very popular at the playground.
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  This is a set of small playground equipment adjacent to the large slide and swings.
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  There are playground configurations for toddlers.
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  In 1909, in his Craftsman Homes, Gustav Stickley sought to tell what the style was all about, declaring that a bungalow was a "house reduced to its simplest form," one that "nevr fails to harmonize with its surroundings, because its low broad proportions and lack of ornamentation give it a character so natural and unaffected that its seems to blend into any landscape".
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  The hipped roof is a distinguishing feature of the bungalow style which is particularly appropriate for hot climates, since warm air rises up into the high roof and leaves the rooms below cooler.
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  The Craftsman (or Arts and Crafts) movement in America developed as a reaction against the machine-made ornamental excess of the Victorian era. This was a back-to-nature movement, reflecting a desire to return to simpler times when craftsmen worked with their hands and took pride in detail. Structural detail and the use of good materials were prized over applied ornamentation. The bungalow has its roots in California, where this style was well suited to the warm climate. It then spread across the country to become one of the most common middle-class designs from 1910 to the 1930's.
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  Visible outside the sunny dining area are deep rafters, which are typical of bungalows, craftsman architecture, and southern seaside cottages, all suggested by this renovated and restored 1928 home. To maximize views, shutters are the only dressing on any windows. These were salvaged from a garage sale. The 1950's turquoise and black dinette was grabbed at a flea market in Pace, Florida, just north of Pensacola.
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  The half acre, 150 x 125 foot lot still benefits from the masterful gardening of the Larcom family who owned the home for decades. The Berthelots are particularly indebted to camellia expert Franklin B. Larcom whose legacy blooms faithfully each winter and spring.
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  The bungalow is across the street from Bayou Texar and Rooks Marina.
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  rear facade facing Bayou Texar
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  east view of rear facade facing Bayou Texar
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  rear facade facing Bayou Texar
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  The house fronts on Mulatto Bayou.
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  Mulatto Bayou empties into Escmabia Bay.
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  The CSX trestle crosses the mouth of Bayou Texar. The tracks continue along the red clay bluffs of Scenic Highway.
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  A tugboat sits at the dock on Bayou Chico.
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  third floor porch - south view
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  second floor porch trellis
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  facade view - home faces north on LaRua Landing
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  facade view from LaRua Landing cul de sac
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  second floor porch - west view
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  south view from second floor porch
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  second floor porch - south view
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  The boardwalk offers a panoramic view of Big Lagoon, the park and Gulf Islands National Seashore across the Intracostal Waterway.
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  Valued as wetlands, the salt marshes attract and provide important habitat for numerouse birds and animals.
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  The seagrass meadows are some of the finest to be found anywhere in the world. Similar in appearance to the terrestrial habitats from which they take their name, these meadows are composed of an assortment of low-growing flowering plants that are uniquely adapted to life in a submarine environment.
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  Seagrasses are normally found in relatively shalow water. Like typical land plants, seagrasses depend on photosynthesis for energy production. For this reason, they cannot live in water that is either too deep or too dim to allow the penetration of sunlight.
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  second floor back porch
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  second floor porch on west side facing south on Bayou Texar
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  west view from second floor porch
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  The marina is situated on Bayou Chico.
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  Locals have been fishing these calm waters for centuries.
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  Many of the homes on Bayou Texar have docks and boat launches.
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  As this map shows, Bayou Texar has a very narrow outlet and is surrounded by hundreds of homes. The water is deep enough to accomodate some fairly large fishing boats but the train trussle at the opening to Pensacola Bay prevents sail boats from mooring on Bayou Texar.
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  The boatyard has undergone significant rebuilding since Hurricane Ivan.
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  The restaurant is located by the Bahia Mar Marina.