THE PHOTOS ARE A BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME.
SORRY. THIS IS BOURBAN STREET THIS MORNING.


THE RATS HOLE BAR ON BOURBON STREET

A VIEW DOWN ROYAL STREET. THIS IS FROM A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THE
PHOTOS I POSTED PREVIOUSLY


THE VIEW AS YOU COME OUT OF ROYAL STREET,
INTO CANAL STREET.


THIS IS A PHOTO FO BESSIE, WHO WORKS FOR BETSY OF BETYS'S PANCAKES. SHE WAS ALL GRUFF AND BITEY, UNTIL I TALKED HER INTO GIVING ME A KISS FOR THE CAMERA. SHE GOT ALL MELLOW THEN AND WAS CIVIL. THEY WERE BUSIER THAN A ONE ARMED PAPERHANGER, THIS SUNDAY MORNING, BUT SHE STOPPED TO LIGHTEN UP FOR A BIT.


ONE OF THE HOMES BEING RESTORED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE GAS STATION IS LOCATED. PHILLIP AND CERISSA ARE WORKING TO PUT TILE IN THE GAS STATION HOME.


THIS BUNCH OF HOMES, HAVE ALREADY BEEN REHABILITATED, AND ARE REALLY LOOKING GOOD. NOTICE THAT THEY ARE DUPLEX TYPE HOMES. FEMA HAS ORDERED THAT ANY HOMES BEING RESTORED IN THIS AREA NEED TO BE 8' OFF THE GROUND. WITH THAT STIPULATION MET, THE HOME OWNERS ARE ABLE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE.



HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEED ONLY BE 4' OFF THE GROUND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE.



THIS IS THE FORMER GAS STATION THAT CERISSA AND PHILLIP ARE HELPING TO RESTORE WITH THIER TILE WORK. NOTICE THE FEMA TRAILER IN UNDER THE OVERHANG. THIS WAS ALMOST COMPLETED WHEN KATRINA HIT, SO THAT THE ARTIST OWNER HAD TO ALMOST START OVER AGAIN ON THIS HOUSING RENOVATION.


HERE ARE THE TWO HARD WORKING TILE LAYERS, CERISSA AND PHILLIP. THEY WERE CHILDHOOD FRIENDSBEFORE BECOMING HUSBAND AND WIFE. I SORT OF LAYED A GUILT TRIP ON CERISSA ABOUT
THINKING ABOUT HER HUSBAND AND THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE SAYS SHE IS GOING TO THE DOCTOR



THIS IS WHAT A VISITOR WILL SEE WHEN THE FRONT DOOR IS OPENED.  THE FELLOW BELOW IS HANGING ON THE BACK WALL OF WHAT ONCE WAS THE GARAGE PORTION OF THE HOUSE. IT IS NOW THE LIVING ROOM.


THIS SPIRAL STAIRCASE IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE VOLCANO MAN ADVERTISEMENT.




PART OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GAS STATION.



THE ARTIST RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS POSTER FROM A POLICE AUCTION. THE POSTER HAD BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE THE 30'S, ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT THAT IT NOW RESIDES IN.



CERISSA AND PHIL HAVE HAND CUT TILES TO MATCH THE ARTISTS RENDERING OF A "GULF OIL" SIGN THAT WILL BE PLACED ON A WALL IN THE HOME.


I TOOK THIS PHOTO HEADED OUT OF TOWN AFTER BREAKFAST, I LOVE THIS SLOGAN ON THIS SIGN.



THE THREE PHOTOS ABOVE, CERTAINLY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. I HAD STOPPED TO PUT ON MY RAIN GEAR FOR THE FOURTH OF FIFTH TIME, WHEN I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE DARKER PIECES OF ROAD GRAVEL, WERE IN GACT MOVING OF THEIR OWN ACCORD. CLOSER INSPECTION FOUND HUNDREDS OF THESE GUYS, CRAWLING OUT OF THE GRASS NEXT TO THE ROAD. THEY WERE QUITE IMPRESSIVE. I AM GLAD THEY DEDIDED TO WALK, AND NOT
FLY. THESE THINGS WOULD HAVE HURT.

BY THE WAY. I HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION THIS AFTERNOON, JUST OUTSIDE OF LAFAYETTE. I WAS TIRED
OF THE RAIN, AND IS STOPPED TO GET OFF THE BIKE FOR AWHILE. AS I WAS GETTING READY TO GET ON THE BIKE,
A VOICE FROM THE CAR NEXT TO ME ASKED IF I COULD HELP. I TURNED AROUND, AND SAW THAT THE CAR NEXT TO ME WAS OCCUPIED BY A YOUNG MAN, HIS WIFE AND THIER TWO YEAR OLD IN THE BACK SEAT. HE SAID HIS
WIFE WAS NOT FEELING WELL, AND ASKED IF I KNEW WHERE A HOSPITAL WAS.

WHEN I FOUND OUT THE SYMPTOMS, I RAN INTO THE GAS STATION TO HAVE THE GIRLS THERE CALL 911. THE
YOUNG MAN'S WIFE (CANDY) WAS HAVING INTENSE PAIN IN HER LEFT ARM WITH NUMBNESS IN HER FINGERS. IN ADDITON TO THAT SHE FELT AS THOUGH SOMEONE WAS SITTING ON HER CHEST. AND SHE WAS HAVING A SEVERE HEAD ACHE. I KNELT NEXT TO THE CAR, AND CALMED HER DOWN, EXPLAINING WHY WE CALLED THE EMT FORCE. SHE WAS NOT TO HAPPY BUT SEEMED TO RESPOND TO MY ASKING HER TO TAKE DEEP BREATHS AND TO TRY TO DO THAT SLOWER EACH TIME SHE TOOK A BREATH. BY THE TIME THAT THE EMTS GOT THERE, SHE WAS CALMER, BUT NOT FEELING ANY BETTER. AS THEY TOOK OFF WITH HER TO THE HOSPITAL. I WISHED HER HUSBAND LUCK. HE THANKDED ME FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HELP HIM OUT. I SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS FAR BETTER FOR HIM TO HAVE HIS WIFE ANGRY AT HIM FOR GETTING THE EMERGENCY PEOPLE INVOLVED THAN IT WAS FOR HER NOT TO BE ABLE TO BE ANGRY AT HIM.

HE UNDERSTOOD THAT ONE. SO, I MAY HAVE SAVED A LIFE TODAY. COOL.