around New Orleans 2014

Dinner at Ignatius	boots in the hall	Dodge lovers across the street in Jefferson	The spooky house across from FUUNO	This house used to have pigs at the top of the stars	spooky house
spooky house	Uptown house	Wicked good food at Baie Rouge on Magazine St	lunch special: drum in orange beurre blanc over braised leeks and savory bread pudding	Baie Rouge decorations	Baie Rouge decorations
between Magazine and Freret	whoa those are high ceilings.	near Freret	Big NOLA house	NOLA version of the witch's window	Witch's window
the house without pigs again	inside FUUNO after everyone had left	NOLA Halloween decorations	NOPD (beware!)	POW!	costume shop on Magazine
A long way from Brattleboro	Dinner menu	Bayou Bienvenue by the lower ninth	This little guy is a Rambur's Forktail	and this is a Four-Spotted Pennant	We watched an osprey (left) try to run off a 2nd-year bald eagle (right)
I counted about 700 American coots on Bayou Bienvenue (not including Stan, Ann & me)	Bayou Bienvenue	Lower Ninth from the bayou overlook	a great egret on the bayou wall	Lower Ninth - rural or urban?	Lower Ninth
Lower Ninth	Lower Ninth	Lower Ninth	Lower Ninth	Lower Ninth - the Brad Pitt houses	Captain's house in the lower 9th
Captain's house in 2007	the other captain's house in the lower 9th	the other captain's house in 2007	ships on the Mississippi	a Common Buckeye on the levee	water tower by the lower ninth
river traffic	this speedboat seemed to be coming to pick up a pilot	Pilot heading for his transport	NOLA from the levee by the lower ninth	old school in the lower ninth	Louis Armstrong Park by the French Quarter
high school band	high school band	Louis Armstrong Park	Future bandleader at the Gumbo Fest	Louis Armstrong Park	The Original Pinettes at Gumbo Fest
another high school band	the menu at NOLA	coffee in the courtyard at the Chimes B&B	Magazine St	Magazine St	Magazine St
Magazine St	ah-ha building	Magazine St	Magazine St	Live oak bark, Magazine St	Live Oak, Magazine St
Magazine St	approaching the French Quarter	Parasite!	NOLA door without right angles	artistic chimney work	Keep NOLA weird!
magenta truck near the Quarter	so that's where "Lagniappe" comes from.	Lemon tree	Renault	obsolete streetcar tracks	They say the chef who owns Peche is hot now.
The menu at Peche	tasty appetizer at Peche	NOLA is Dodge country	That granite came a long way to NOLA	NOLA granite	NOLA fire engine
back in the Quarter	French Quarter apartment building	Mule-drawn carriage	Mule-drawn carriage	French Quarter	Not Haunted!
French Quarter	Mule-drawn carriage	Our usual hotel - full, no rooms available!	This guy had his slave paddle him across the river to avoid the toll	NOLA shop cat	NOLA shop cat
the border of the Quarter and the Marigny	In the Marigny	Snug Harbor, famous for music	I went across the street to The Spotted Cat instead	Inside The Spotted Cat	Inside The Spotted Cat
Mississippi bridge	Oak Alley Plantation	something burning upriver - probably cane fields	flower in the grass on the levee	Oak Alley Plantation	Oak Alley Plantation
Resurrection Fern on the live oaks	Oak Alley Plantation	shed insect skin	shed insect skin	shed insect skin	less ancient live oaks in the rear of Oak Alley Plantation
A good chair for Don	Next we decided to explore Valcour Aime's abandoned plantation	edge of the plantation site, with our getaway car	huge trees inside the fence	another huge tree	aha, old bricks
This was an ornamental pond with an artificial island	The island had cannons on it	Former island	bridge to the old island	another ruined bridge	the island
Cane fields outside the fence	Cane field	Pecans growing wild	chef at the Cajun restaurant nearby	Cajun restaurant by the river	Cajun restaurant by the river
Laura Creole plantation (with theatrical guide)	Laura Creole plantation (with theatrical guide)	Laura Creole plantation (with theatrical guide)	Laura plantation has some nice live oaks too.	the biggest grasshopper I've ever seen.	Code Noir - French laws for treatment of slaves
The matriarch's house at the Laura plantation	Back on Magazine Street	cleaning out the front seat for the drive home	courtyard at The Chimes	The Chimes	The Chimes
The Chimes	St Charles Street	fire ant bites from the levee	Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks at Audubon Park	Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks at Audubon Park	Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck juvenile
Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck	Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck	Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck	Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks	Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks	Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks at Audubon Park
American Coot with Black-Bellied Whistling-Ducks	American Coot	hey, an Anhinga!	Wood Duck female at Audubon Park	Wood Duck male at Audubon Park	Wood Duck male
Wood Duck male	The new Mercedes-Benz Superdome	The new Mercedes-Benz Superdome	I-10, elevated through NOLA	last chance to exit I-10	Lower Ninth from I-10