during our all-too-brief trip to New Orleans, there was not a great deal of time for the type of photoWandering i generally love to do when away. there was also a great deal of rain! but, no complaints, we managed! the last morning was humid and cool and i crawled out of the bed in our haunted 19th century room early, so i could have at least an hour in our new and interesting neighborhood - the Lower Garden District. i have learned that in interesting neighborhoods, i must learn to accept the details of contemporary life - huge plastic trashbins, chainlink fences, countless utility lines - so i acknowledge these details as part of compositions now. but cars. NO. i cannot accept cars. they just don't fit with these old places.

ps - apologies for the short disappearance. i am trying to rethink my "online presence" lately and though i still want to share my images and artwork, i really want to minimize the ... rambling ... and personal information, so am doing editing and elimination of archives. 

 

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stone ladies : metairie cemetery : new orleans louisiana : april 2012

what can i say? i love the stone ladies in cemeteries. the abundance of them here, in the Metairie Cemetery, overwhelmed me. absolutely. next time, i will plan to spend half a day there (and hopefully not on a gloomy wet evening which was an excellent atmosphere, but not so good for images! these have so inspired me, that i am in the process of turning them into small waxed objects.

i am still absolutely in love with new orleans.
despite her miseries - of which we viewed many.

i vow to never again stay away for seven years.

more pictures to follow.
(of course)

the wildflowers in the hill country of Texas this spring have been insane. i have really never seen anything like it. yesterday, driving from F-burg to SA, i am sure i saw 24 varying species along the roadside. so amazing. then, when i dropped my rent check in the mail box at the post office later in the evening, i looked over to the Catholic Cemetery and thought something was wrong with my sunglasses. that weird blue/gray color over everything. well ... the cemetery was LOADED with bluebonnets. dense, snakey and shocking. i could not believe it. so this morning i hiked back with my bigGirl cammie and we had lots of fun. i was very careful. fire ants and snakes are NOT fun!

but bluebonnets are. as are cemeteries. what a delightful combo.