It’s ridiculous how mesmerized I can get, just living regular life in New Orleans… I’m like a visual savant, easily hypnotized, and hard to awaken once I spot a complicated patch of brick.  Or plaster.  Or ironwork.  Or shadows… anything, …

Last Year’s Post Mardi Gras Blog… how times have changed! Read more »

One has to wonder, what happened here?  Chunks of this brick have not fallen away over time… someone tried to defeat this wall… and lost. I wanted to capture the chunky, scratchy, scrappiness and calm demeanor of this brick – …

300 Years of New Orleans Past, On Fabric? Read more »

It’s not even 10 am and I’ve got my errands around town done, arriving back home in a state of mind completely adjusted by my drive. It’s the little things here that make the morning. On the way to drop …

Another New Orleans Morning Read more »

Delicate blown glass bottles, waiting to be filled.

Two years ago when I decided to commit to our front courtyard as my own “yard,” I dreamed of blooms and vines and everything in happy colors in the spring. My gardening experience boils down to four house plants I’ve …

Your Signature Perfume… And How to Share It Read more »