Up the steps

By the 'garden' gate.

Around the porch post.

Mardi Gras means lots of beads in New Orleans. They get everywhere!

The Duparc-Locoul family tree



Laura Plantation

Three strong women who ran Laura Plantation


Laura Plantation

The old plantation bell. It is rung to signal lunch and the end of the working day.



Laura Plantation

Chillies growing in the kitchen garden.


Laura Plantation

Display of kitchen artifacts.

Laura Plantation

Another beautifully painted door panel.


Laura Plantation

Anyone for sherry? Maybe for sealing a deal with the local businessmen.

Laura Plantation

Bee embroidered curtain.

Laura Plantation

In the workshop under the house.


Laura Plantation

Lantern on the porch.

Laura Plantation

Hand-painted door panel.

Laura Plantation

Rockers on the front porch

Laura Plantation

The entrance to Laura Plantation. It is painted in lovely colours, Creole style.

Laura Plantation

Laura Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana

Museum

Presumably all about the Great American Alligator, but we haven't visited and I can't find any information or links to it. It just looks so good.

Perfect for New Orleans, but just a bit chilly for here! Now 76years old!

Snowizard New Orleans

La Boulangerie

A great place to buy bread and pastries as well as to sit and savour their coffee and sweet treats. They host an exhibition of Simon Hardeveld's work on their walls and it is a cheery place to visit. You can read the latest edition of The New Orleans Levee ('We don't hold anything back').

Desire

Simon Hardeveld's version of that special streetcar

Let the touchdowns roll!

NYG v NE Patriots at 6.30pm EST
It's Superbowl XLVI at the Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis.

Got to support the Patriots as we've friends living up there, but I can't find out if they have special words like the Saints ------Who Dat?

And this is another of Simon Hardeveld's creations.



Superbowl 2012

Kettle in the hearth

Enamel utensils

Enamel water cups on the water barrel

Hobby Horse