spanish moss from below

a tree with spanish moss

an accordion with a crawfish on it

an enthused guy watching the Zydeco Festival from his balcony

flying pigs and different pink flamingos (metal)

i kind of like the pigs all together like that. i hope they don’t get separated.

disturbing robot/metal boy and metal pink flamingos

this is some artist’s work. he or she is in the Quarter. on Decatur, near the French Market.

that robot boy scares me every time i go by there.

an uncharacteristic mid-morning spotting of Uncle Lionel. and a friend of his.

Uncle Lionel is kind of a big deal around here. i’ve run into him a number of times. actually, the first time i met him was at Donna’s before i even lived here. he’s a *really* nice guy. and he’s got to be older than God. this was about 11:30 in the morning, which is highly unprecedented. the earliest i’d ever seen him before this was 5 p.m. and that was only because it was Valentine’s Day.

a rolled-up paper in some guy’s back pocket

this was at Wednesdays in the Square. and the song being performed while i took this? Paul Sanchez’s ‘Home‘.

a *completely* unmoving street performer in the Quarter

this guy didn’t move. at all. and that board? it’s balanced on his shoulder. i don’t know how he can do that.