Here are a few pics I recently took at Jeems (pronounced James) Bayou.  Mid November, the temperature was hot, near 90 degrees.  The trees and plants knew that despite the high temperatures the season was still late Fall.  The variation in colors attested to that.  The water was dark, like a primordial stew.  If the head of some giant prehistoric beast had pierced its tranquil surface it wouln't have surprised me.