Rayado in the Herbs

Rayado Sleeps in the Herbs

Orlan's 15th Birthday

Orlan Squinting with the Afternoon Sun

Herb Garden

Dwarf French Marigolds

Daytrip: Longue Vue House and Gardens & Café b

Café b:
A great place to have New Orleans cuisine for lunch.

Shrimp & Artichokes with Garlic Bread:  A lovely bay leaf flavor

Fish of the Day with Crab Meat

Longue Vue House and Gardens
Impressions

Forecourt Fountain

Spanish Court with Green Marble Bench

Walled Garden with Edible Plants

Citrus in the Walled Garden

Walled Garden Water Feature Surrounded by Edible Flowers

Pigeonnier

Detail of Pigeonnier Bench Carving

New Orleans Oak

Back of the House

Inside the house you will see the following:

curved millwork

painted millwork

libraries

art gallery that replaced kitchen

custom glass knobs with a rainbow of colors

mirrored paneled doors

a sunlight stairwell from above

sleeping porch enclosed with pivoting hidden beds for 3 children

stenciled walls

antique wallpaper installed

raised ceiling and floor

dumbwaiter in kitchenette on second floor

a wine cellar basement in New Orleans

herringbone brick floors

beautiful chandeliers

fascinating papier-mâché mother-of-pearl inlay chair

watercolors of flowers framed straight to the wall together in the flower cutting and arranging room with 4 sinks of 4 different depths

Napoleonic bee drapes in a distant bathroom

scale built into the floor for the boys' bathroom with Formica walls and cork flooring

lower ceiling heights for the era for they could afford the new technology of air conditioning

Cayenne Peppers Drying

Cayenne Peppers from the Garden Drying

Cayenne Peppers from the Garden Drying

Holy Well, 1996

Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996

Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996

Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996

Holy Well, County Clare, Ireland, March 22, 1996

Mary-in-a-Greenhouse

all photos

©1996 D. Moss

Little Kittens

Michael's Foot & Baby Commodore, October 1996

Dothan & Commodore, October 1996

Commodore & Dothan, December 1996

Flash, 1999

Jesus loves the little kittens

All the kittens of the world

Red and yellow

Black and white

They are precious in his sight

Jesus loves the little kittens of the world

Meeroww!, December 1999

Sophie, 2001

Sophie, 2001

Commodore-Cat Sleeping Beneath Lawn-Mower, 2002

One of Stray/Woodland Cat Maggie's Kittens, 2002

Maggie's Minnie, 2002

Zinnias of Summer with Marigolds

Zinnias of Summer with French Marigolds

Portrait of Moi, October 2014

I'm patiently waiting for the fluff on the right to grow to match the fluff on the left.

I lost about 3 1/2 stitches recently.  Hopefully, in another month, I will no longer have a bad hair-day.