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Dauphin Island, Alabama. Thanksgiving week. A family taking a walk at sunset past a camp where another family is preparing a meal for a cold November evening.

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A view of one of the cabins at Fountainbleau State Park in Mandeville.

We stayed there in 1988 for a week and it was fantastic. Fully furnished, each cabin has a screened-in porch. Unfortunately the cabins were badly damaged by Hurricane Isaac and won't be repoen
\e until next year

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The setting sun reflected in the windows of a camp on Dauphin Island, Alabama .

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ooops! I forgot

Taken at a street fair in Picayune, Mississippi

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no explanation needed!

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A little bit of New Orleans history today. This is a picture I took several years ago inside a parking garage that's attached to One Canal Place.

The B. Rosenberg and Sons building was in high gear in the first decade of the 20th Century. This building housed Rex Shoes

Shoes were made by hand during this time.
I'm pretty sure they lasted a longer time compared to the mass produced shoes of today.

The pictures shown in the links above are from The Historic New Orleans Collection..

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While my daughter was attending Nicholls State in Thibodaux, I enjoyed taking the trip down there to visit with her. Every time I took that 2 hour trip from Slidell, I would drive along a road that parallels Highway 1 - Highway 308 - and enjoy the scenery. This old house caught my eye one day a few years ago. As I looked at it, I wondered what it was like when it was a new house. How long ago would that have been? There are so many old houses like this one along both Highway 308 and Highway 1. If you're looking for a good day trip, I suggest taking the trip to Thibodaux/Houma area. It's sugar cane harvesting right now and the sights are worth the trip.

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I have been lost lately, not knowing the day of the week and have been missing my Windows Wednesday posts.

I'm trying to get back into the swing of things
now that I'm working part-time for a local florist. I LOVE the job, but am physically worn out by the time I get home. So, this post is cleaning up my WW backlog.

Hopefully, I'll make it on time this coming week.

For October 16th.

This window was shot on Lee Lane in Covington, Louisiana.. If you like antiquing, this is the place for you.

For October 23rd

My precious Beignet relaxing in front of a window at our old house. About a month after we moved into our present house, Beignet vanished. We think it was coyotes or some other creature living in the forest behind our house.

Happy end of October!

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Looking out my dining room window (which is being taken over by nice green stuff) my latest kittens: Calypso and Rosie.

Taken a few months ago, the girls have grown and thrived in an animal loving environment. We no longer use alarm clocks,as we awaken every morning at 6 to these to fireballs running down the hall and bouncing onto our bed. I love cats

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The Cabildo in New Orleans

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The stairs along the riverfront are reflected in the windows of the tug J.K. McLean a "Z-class" tugboat.

The workers on the boat were lucky to be able to attend the 2013 New Orleans Oyster Festival along the Mississippi earlier this year.

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The clouds reflected in this picture appear to me to be two dogs kissing.

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I had a hard time accessing Blogger on my laptop yesterday. So today I got on my desktop and no problems!

I wanted to post a 9/11 picture, but decided not to today. Today I've traveled back over 7 years to New Orleans East.
Heavily decimated by Katrina, the East was slow to come back- and still looks sad in some areas. Here's an apartment complex being built. Today all of those windows hopefully have tentants that use these windows to bring sunshine into their homes. God Bless the East.

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This slightly wacky window was spotted in New Orleans during the Creole Tomato Festival.

I miss creole tomatoes, only available for a month every year, their meaty texture and that trademark flavor make us want to venture out on a sizzling June weekend to attend a festival that showcases these luscious jewels.

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I don't know how old these windows are, but I bet they can tell stories about Olde Towne Slidell, where they were taken.

Unfortunately, there are too many older homes in this area that are slowly crumbling away, taking perhaps a glimpse in to the past with them.

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The windows of the beautiful Rice Building on North Peters.

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Windows at Jazz Fest 2008. Makes me hungry!!

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Being retired means not knowing what day of the week it is sometimes. That's what happened to me this week,but I DID remember to post my Windows Wednesday in the same week!

This picture has a myriad of windows, both old and new architectural styles. Featured on 610 Poydras Street is Bistreaux at the Bank, a creole inspired restaurant in an old Whitney Bank, with all of the over the top marble columns and floors.

Here are a few pictures my daughter - The Tiny Chef - shot. She works here part-time on weekends.

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I see I'm running late on my postings this week. apologies!

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The Pelham Hotel located on a site that was formerly the plantation of Jean Baptist Lemoyne de Bienville, founder of New Orleans.