Photos from the Day I Spent in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana

Beautiful Day in City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana

Grand Val de Grace by Jean-Robert Ipousteguy

I spent a beautiful day in New Orleans.  The day began with a chill in the air, and I started out in boots and a sweater.  We bought some groceries.  I changed into my sandals, and we had a lovely picnic in City Park.  Afterwards we played in the Sculpture Garden.

Claes Oldenburg's Tribute to a Safety Pin with the Beautiful Oaks of City Park as a Backdrop

Venus without Arms by Aristide Maillol

Notice the beautiful green patina on the sculpture above.

Back-to-Back Swing in City Park, New Orleans

Karma by Do-Ho Suh

Me with My Man Karma

Holding on to Karma

A Lion of the Peristyle of City Park, New Orleans

Hexagon Stonework in New Orleans

Hexagon Stonework on Bridge in City Park, New Orleans. Louisiana

Voting for Old Men (a poem)

Old men talking politics, only to agree with each other

The camaraderie of fear

Fighting against the changing world

Voting only for stodgy old men like themselves

Do people still use the "n" word in regular conversation without self-consciousness?

The disconnect of generations

The fear of the truth

The ever changing world, an evolving culture and society

A mind closed to fresh perspectives

Drinking beer and Fox News

Confident and white

Egotistic and male

A dying breed

            I hope

Please come take us away

Orlan and I would like to escape

To a land of tranquility and grace

To a land of kindness and faith

Utopia or the land of the benign

Peaceful and quiet I paint

Joyful in play Orlan sings

A land of both structure and creative flair

Dancing with wind or the peace of space

Star gazing, moon gazing, Earth gazing, too

You and I and Orlan, too

Bees and Marigolds in South Mississippi

It is the first day of November and my marigolds are still blooming profusely.

Bumble Bee on Marigold in My Garden

Fallen Leaves Mix with Marigolds