GOODBYE NEW ORLEANS

Here I sit at my laptop procrastinating.  I should be packing, getting a shower and hitting the road.  But no…I am posting and dreading leaving.  I have had a good time just being here with Twisted Sister and her two pooches.  She is asking how long are you going to be gone.  Not long. I [...]

Tags: MARIE LAVEAU, NEW ORLEANS, TWISTED SISTER

NEW ORLEANS – TEXTURES & PATINAS OF AGE & DECAY

I absolutely love textures of old paint, rusty metal, crumbling plaster, etc.  The patina’s are hard to recreate.  These are just a few photos that I took because of the textures and patinas.  These were taken in the St Louis Cemeteries.  Can you tell I took almost 500 photos? 
Burying the dead in crypts is based [...]

Tags: CRYPTS, DECAY, NEW ORLEANS, PATINA, ST LOUIS CEMETERY, TOMBSTONES

NEW ORLEANS – ORNATE IRON WORK

I love all the intricate details that are put into wrought iron especially around crypts.  You see lots of wrought iron around New Orleans.  It is all over homes and businesses.  The patina’s are wonderful on the old ones that are rusting, peeling of paint and disintegrating.  I am surprised how long it lasts in [...]

Tags: NEW ORLEANS, ORNAMENTAL IRON, ST LOUIS CEMETERY, WROUGHT IRON

NEW ORLEANS – HISTORY, DEATH AND DECAY

Walking through the cemeteries really makes you feel your mortality.  Someday we will all be gone with nothing left but memories and a grave marker.  I don’t mean to sound morose.  That isn’t my intention.  We should all live life to its fullest and appreciate our family and friends.  Life should be an ever changing, growing [...]

Tags: CRYPTS, NEW ORLEANS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ST LOUIS CEMETERY

DEATH

This weekend my grandsons great grandfather was buried. He was 83. Since he had served in the military and was in several wars he had the 21 Gun Salute which is now 5 men and three shots fired. They also played Taps. It was so eerie because he was off at a distance and you [...]