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Blue Porch Ceiling
745 days ago
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Uptown Funky
746 days ago
I love this house if for no other reason than I just found it last year. I thought I’d seen…
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Colored Letterbox
751 days ago
I consider myself not merely a man of letters, but a colorful man of letters. Few people write me letters.…
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Butter Lamb Day, Our High Holy Day
758 days ago
This grave marker was made from the same cast as the original Butter Lamb, created in New Orleans. I know…
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City Chickens
759 days ago
News stories about feral chickens in New Orleans are trending this month. The non-feral pets are becoming more popular as…
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Storm Bolts
763 days ago
Look closely around the windows of well-to-do homes and businesses and you may see bolts around the windows. These are…
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NOLA Priorities
765 days ago
Definitely sign up for DirecTV before enabling sunlight to come though your window. It’s just gonna heat the place up…
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Prytania Vic Back
767 days ago
This is the back of the Victorian at Prytania & Marengo (one of my favorite NOLA houses). I’d like to…
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French Quarter Muck
772 days ago
When you read New Orleans tourism guides and they talk about the Vieux Carré being like a “European” city, what…
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Metal Snail
776 days ago
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Reading Radio’s Parrot Nest
779 days ago
This nest was built by a feral Quaker Parrot (or Monk Parakeet-See 27Jan11 post). Quakers are the only parrots that…
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Road Oak
781 days ago
Even more of a traffic hindrance than the “leaning oak“, this Live Oak tree takes up a good 30 or…
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Cemetery Oak
783 days ago
One of very few Live Oaks remaining in Cypress Grove Cemetery, swathed in Spanish Moss.
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Wooden Clock
786 days ago
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Swamp Monster
788 days ago
Also from the Swamp Exhibit at the Audubon Zoo, this is a representation of a “Swamp Monster” that so often…
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Resurrection Ferns II
790 days ago
This text is repeated from my “Resurrection Ferns” post from some time ago. I could probably post as many pictures…
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Zoo Recipe (Remembering Justin Wilson)
793 days ago
This will be especially entertaining to you if you are nostalgic for the “wondermous” humor of Justin Wilson, who based…
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Cable Cross Purpose
795 days ago
The beige-colored building has two crosses affixed to the side. My newly-architecturally-trained sister-in-law tells me that this is building preservation…
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Swamp Bee
798 days ago
South of New Orleans is Marrero. In Marrero there is a nature preserve. In that reserve is a Bayou. In…
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Audubon Violin
800 days ago
You really see stuff like this around here. In fact, street / public musicians are more than plentiful. Not all…