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