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The French Quarter of New Orleans is reknown for its cast iron balconies. They are particularly lovely when they are filled with lush, verdant plantings. Under a blue sky they are like a song for your... |
Every once in a while you will find a ventilator that has been painted. This ventilator has been painted blue at some point in its career. It is holding up well and seems a fitting companion for a lonely... |
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If you squint just right you might see a shape that looks like someone riding a horse. ...Or is that a camel? Perhaps it is the Virgin Mary on the back of a donkey. Goodness! |
A mustard yellow and white gate in the French Quarter. |
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It is interesting how the underlaying green seeps through the cracks of the cream paint on this wall. It almost has the appearance of a map. |
You can be walking down a street daily for weeks. Everything seems normal and ordinary. One day you hear a noise and turn your head. Voila! There it is.
In the case of this door, I find the more I look... |
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Two chimneys pair the squat ventilators to be found on this roof line in the French Quarter of New Orleans |
A natural abstraction, this bit of a wall tells tales of multiple repairs and patches over its lifetime. Water and weather do the rest. |
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Faded reminants of Mardi Gras cling to this bike. This festive three-wheeled bicycle was seen parked on the streets of the New Orleans, French Quarter |
And then there is the hardware! You can spend hours just looking at all of the cast-iron hinges that you can find in the New Orleans French Quarter. |
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This door doesn't seem to get too much traffic. The vine, though still young, seems to be settling in for an extended stay. |
The planter here was a little lonely so the shadow of the lamp pole sidled up to say hello. |
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Though the original wood is looking cracked and withered, the brown undercoat must have been a very sturdy paint, it is has stuck through the years outlasting the green paint that was brushed over it.... |
What can I say? These ventiators are interesting, particularly when juxtaposed against the different styles of chimneys that you can find here in the French Quarter of New Orleans. A small, squat ventilator... |
