Hurricane Gustav Evacuation

Posted on September 6th, 2008 by Monique, under Animals, Daily Life, Nature, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Travel.

As I make this blog entry, I am still decompressing from the last week+ that I have been through dealing with my first hurricane, Gustav.

Having moved here in 2006 post Katrina-land, I really didn’t think I would ever have to go through anything like that. And I have not, because Katrina was a real bitch. Luckily, my experience was very watered down (no pun intended) compared to what they went through for Katrina. On the flip side, we didn’t get nice fema payments and red cross money like they did in 2005, but I wouldn’t want to go through anything like that so no big deal. Those things are for those in need.

I am rather pleased with my experience, it could have been ten times worse, and I hope that the next couple months while we prepare to move aren’t plagued with anymore “5 day cones.”

So as I attempted to make some lemonade with the sour fruit I was given, I decided to take some pictures and capture some images to bring my experiences to the internet, even as the dry nature of text and images lack to convey what it is really like. It’s the best I can do.

Here is where my camera started, snapping a picture of little 9 lb Penny the miniature pinscher as she prepared for an adventure. It was easily 100 degrees F, we had lots of water, and Penny was excited and well behaved as always. Tongue hanging out, ready for some fun, safe with her human friends.

On the highway we would see dozens of other dogs, all kinds of animal pets, even a ferret. I tried to take pics of them all, and in the craziness I got off a couple of shots. (more…)

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French Quarter Door

Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Monique, under New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Travel, Vehicles.

Driving through the french quarter is fun, I always bring my camera to catch the interesting sights.

I have no idea what goes on, behind that door…

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Night Owl on the Flagpole

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Monique, under Animals, Gardening, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography.

So the other night we are coming home from New Orleans, and upon pulling in the driveway this animal thing caught my eye from above. It was an owl on the flagpole. He must have been hunting. Maybe he will get some of those digging rodents in the garden…

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Growing Cherry Tomatoes

Posted on May 20th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, Food, Gardening, Nature, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Vegetarian, Weblog.

We have about 10×30 feet in the backyard of fended off garden area, and are growing lots of tomatoes. Here is a picture of the cherry tomatoes. This plant has tripled in size and already making tomatoes within a month of planting it in the ground. It had a little bit of yellowing leaves at the base of the plant, but looks like it is taking off and should make us lots of salad tomatoes. Yum.

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McDonalds Caramel Sundaes on Sunday

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, Food, Friends, Kitchen, New Orleans, Photography, Weblog.

On a beautiful springtime sunday in May, we went to McDonalds for sundaes. Caramel sundaes with apples pies on the side.

I want more just looking at the pics!

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Nissan Titan

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Travel, Vehicles, Weblog.

I see these Nissan Titan trucks all over the place! A truck is really an important vehicle to have here in South Louisiana, and there are lots of family people here. So these roomy luxury trucks are all over. They actually look pretty cool, here is a pic I snapped of one:

I like black nissan titans best. With silver rims!

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My female Miniature Pinscher Penny

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Monique, under Animals, Daily Life, Friends, Nature, New Orleans, Outdoors, Videos, Weblog.

This is a quick video (no audio) that I took with the movie setting of my olympus digital camera.

Penny is my 2 year old miniature pinscher who loves to chase, bark, and play in the backyard. There is a glimpse of our male mini pin Max eating some greens on the side of the fish pond in the background. He grazes like a cow and watches the fish like the old dog he is.

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Morning Sunrise in South Louisiana

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Monique, under Animals, Daily Life, Nature, New Orleans, Outdoors, Photography, Weblog.

This morning I found myself in my backyard being showered by sparkly sunbeams swirling in the sky. The sky in south Louisiana is beautiful. It was cool and the sunshine was plentiful.

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Velvet Ice Cream Cookies ‘n Cream

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Monique, under Daily Life, Dessert, Food, New Orleans, Photography.

Here is another tasty local food, Brown’s Velvet Ice Cream. They have this one flavor, Creole Cream Cheese, which they were out of at the store but is absolutely delicious if you are a cheesecake fan. So we got cookies ‘n cream instead.

I almost think I want another ice cream cone!

and yes, there is nothing vegetarian about this ice cream. Cheating time.

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Monday Funday

Posted on May 5th, 2008 by Monique, under Cooking, Daily Life, Food, Friends, Gardening, Movies, New Orleans, Photography, Travel, Weblog.

Its the beginning of the week again, and time to do some laundry. The VOL Cajun festival is finally over so we can get back to quiet neighborhood time again around here. Yay.

Last night we watched the world according to Garp, such a classic movie. It was a little chilly today, but I still managed to fit in a little gardening. I made garlic potatoes for brunch, which I took pictures of and plan on making some recipe pages about, but didn’t make enough time today. Tiana came to visit today, and is leaving to work on a cruise train through Alaska til October. And so tomorrow it will be lots of pictures time!

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