Giving Thanks

Taking an idea from New Orleans blogger, Glenn, I would like to make a list of everything I am thankful for this year.

- My husband and best friend. He knows me and loves me and takes care of me. And believe me, I can be a handful at times.

- The sense of sight. I am amazed everyday by things I see: the color of a cloudless sky, the beauty of a rose and the sweetness of the doves that gather in our backyard.

- My pets: a Lab, 3 mature cats, 2 kittens and a squirrel. They keep me laughing - and sometimes cursing.

- I'm grateful to be born at a time when the technology changes at lightening speed.

- Chocolate

- My friends and family. Thanks to Facebook, I can converse with my sisters much more often than before. My friends are
always ready to help when it's needed and for that I am eternally grateful.

- I am thankful for a friend that asked me to work for her in a flower shop. It's an awesome job, one I really love!

- My health. It's been up and down the past year, but right now I'm feeling good and am grateful for that.

- My proudest accomplishment: my daughter.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!

Windows Wednesday

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

Windows Wednesday

ooops! I forgot

Taken at a street fair in Picayune, Mississippi

Obama's Katrina????

McScuzzbuckets

A Smile for Your Monday

This is so endearing! I love how the elephants get into the music. Enjoy

Stones

Andersonn Cooper again.....

For some reason, I find listening to Anderson Cooper's laugh amusing. Enjoy

Scuzzbucket of the Week

Her name is Sophia Body, aged 28. Sophia is facing charges for attempted murder and aggravated battery. She admitted on questioning that she beat the 82 year old for tapping her car lightly as he pulled over to assist her.

“Yeah, I pulled his a** out of the car and beat the f**k out of him.”

Body and a friend flagged him down for some reason, but he accidentally bumped one of them with his vehicle.

The man apparently did not realize that his vehicle had bumped one of the women, neither of whom were injured in the incident. He told police that the women appeared to need help, so he pulled over to assist them. But when he parked his car, he was dragged from the vehicle and attacked.

Body is being held on $2 million bail.

Windows Wednesday

no explanation needed!

Veterans, the forgotten Americans

I hate the title of this blog post, but it is so true. How many of you say "thank you for your service" when you notice
men with baseball caps indicating they served our country? Or National Guards people who are in uniform? I figure about 5 percent.

They have become - since the days of the Vietnam Veterans - forgotten Americans.

And they put THEIR lives on the line every day during their tours of duty so that we can hang out with friends, go to ball games and simply sleep soundly at night.

There are reputable organizations out there that help our Veterans. I donate to Paralyzed Veterans of America...$10/month.

Here's a link for grateful Americans to help support our Veterans because American Government is NOT .

If you would like to help our Vets - from WWII thru Afghanistan - above is a link to resources. Choose one, donate monthly. It doesn't have to be a lot. Everyone thinks "well enough people will donate, so I don't have to"....YES YOU DO!!! THESE PEOPLE PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR YOU!!!!


Many of them are homeless, like the video above. Many of them are on food stamps, which have recently been cut ( thanks G.O.P.). You sent these people to witness and perform unspeakable acts and you bastards want to sweep them under
carpet?????

There are thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans who have PTSD. How many are being helped? How many are waiting almost TWO FUCKING YEARS to get help from the bogged down with government bereaucracy at Veterans Administration These people need help NOW, not when it's convenient for some government worker to get to the bottom of their 'TO DO' list.

HELP OUR VETERANS, PLEASE. They didn't think twice about protecting you.

Scuzzbuckets of the Week

They are from Tangipahoa Parish, Natalbany, Louisiana.

27 year old Yance May (left). You can tell it's him because he had his name TATTOO'd ON HIS NECK!!!!
Taylor Kleinpeter is on the right. I can't find anything on her, but I'm sure that will change very soon, as details of the child abuse become known.
I really don't care that these two are heavily into drugs. What I DO care about is that they lived in squalor with five children, ranging in age from 2 to 10 years old, who were found living in “well-beyond deplorable living conditions” in a home with narcotics and several used syringes.

Here are a few shots from the inside of the house:

Stay tuned.

Windows Wednesday

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..