Friday, November 18, 2011

Scenes from N'Orleans

The Caribbean influence on Magazine Street, the street upon which I fell in love with New Orleans.

A neat house on Magazine Street.  Lots of wrought iron.

The wrought iron gate and fence are like lace.

I want a palm tree in my front yard, too!

A bird of paradise growing as a perennial in the Garden District of Nawlins.

Here's the house that goes with the bird of paradise bush.

This is how it looks when morning glory vines grow year-round in the French Quarter.

Some other sort of vine.

Anybody know the name of this vine?

A tempting private garden lies behind these houses in the French Quarter.

In keeping with my statue theme, here's a Mardi Gras king.

A scene from another neighborhood, the St. Louis #1 Cemetary.

A fountain in front of St. Louis Cathedral.  Demerits to the City of New Orleans 'cuz it's not running.

An equestrian statue:  Andrew Jackson.

An funny understatement that works two ways.

An interesting door in the French Quarter.

A statue in New Orleans of Joan of Arc, of all people.  And why not?  She was a peasant girl who rose to command an army, in an era when peasant girls hadn't the slightest chance of being any more than a peasant girl.




1 comment:

  1. I am dearly in love with your morning glory shot- looks like something stratight out of the French countryside.

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