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The French Quarter is always full of surprises. Late one afternoon the sound of a band came echoing down the street. A minute later the band leader came dancing down the street followed by the few musicians... |
Three different ways to top of a chimney in the French Quarter of New Orleans |
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Two gates propped against each other guard the alley between two houses in the French Quarter of New Orleans. |
A bright house with contrasting colored shutters in the French Quarter of New Orleans almost glows under a clear, blue sky. |
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Close to sunset I took this picture of two pointed chimneys against a dramatic sky. The blurry weirdness of the cloudscape makes it look almost like a matte painting. |
A burgundy door in a mustard colored wall in the French Quarter of New Orleans. |
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A tidy, painted house in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The shutters seem to be spelling out a message in semaphore. |
These old ventilators come in all sorts of configurations. If you look at the roof tops in new orleans you will see many of these and they all seem to be different. |
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Isn't this an interesting door? There is nothing square about it. I have been admiring it every time I walked past it. Imagine my surprise when I walked past it to find someone coming out of it. Yes indeed,... |
In the middle of the afternoon, a brass band holds a spontaneous parade in the French Quarter of New Orleans |
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Look at all of the work they go through to dress up this tin roof ventilator. Propped way on top of the houses you might wonder why they went through so much effort to embellish something that would be... |
This house is on Dauphine Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The eves on front of the house are deep making it tricky to find the right time of day and the right kind of weather to take its picture... |
