Mockingbird Hill Cottage

I’ll keep the words to a minimum because this is a picture heavy post. I’m sharing some of the houses that caught my eye in the Garden District.

One of the larger homes. Beautiful.

Most houses are decorated for Halloween.

Interesting roof ornament, don’t you think?

These details make my heart beat faster. So lovely.

I’m especially drawn to the smaller houses.

Just stop. Look at this place! Could it be any more charming? Blue ceiling. Gorgeous front door. And I’m particularly taken by the shutters that are in sections, allowing light in at the top yet still providing privacy. Or, in this case, shutting the top section and opening the lower sections of the shutters.

Sidewalks are brick.

Trees are large and the roots often pull up portions of the sidewalks. Walking requires constant vigilance!

This one’s for sale. Any takers? The doors – though you can’t tell from this photo – are gorgeous.

These shutters are opened/closed in interesting combinations.

These are opened at the top.

Oh my heavens.

Check out that ceiling. Isn’t this house adorable?

I love this one. The houses that tend to be narrow usually extend far back as this one does.

See? It goes way back and has a private garden behind the brick wall.

The blue shutters, the wreaths, and the white rockers. Sigh.

There are so many more but I had to stop. The streets are tree lined and charming. I ran into several dog walkers and had some lovely chats as I wended my way through the Garden District.

Now I’m off to look at real estate prices. Because wouldn’t you be curious, as well?

Happy Thursday.

 

 

Since I had some problems with my server yesterday, I didn’t get the post up until after 11:00. I noticed the email versions of the post didn’t go out yesterday and the late posting might be the reason – or it may be a glitch with Feedburner. I don’t know. But hey, if you only rely on receiving a copy of the post in your email, you’re sort of on the wrong track anyway.

I’ve said this before. 99% of the time, I post every day. So if you don’t get an email, it’s so easy to just come to the blog via your browser and see if there’s a post up. Don’t just rely on the email. If you do, you’ll sometimes miss a post, because I have no control over servers or Feedburner.

End of (loving) lecture.

We had the best dinner last night; a mixture of Puerto Rican and Brazilian food and I’m still thinking about it. Our waiter was from Puerto Rico and he’s busy raising money for Puerto Rican hurricane relief. What an amazing young man he is. He’s doing everything he can for his native country. His family still does not have electricity and may not have it for months. Are you listening, Washington, DC?

Yesterday, I climbed on the St. Charles streetcar (what fun!) and traveled to the Garden District and Lafayette Cemetery. Love the drivers, who are charming and call you “Dawlin'” and are so helpful.

First stop was the famous Lafayette Cemetery. It’s stunningly beautiful. Most of you probably know this, but because of the low sea level to below sea level here, everyone is buried above ground. (I also read something that said the above ground burial is a Catholic tradition – so who knows?) It’s a truly moving and powerful place to visit. I’ll simply post the photos below.

I only hope that Don has a smidgen of free time, so I can bring him here. He’s really working long hours.

I then walked many of the streets of the Garden District. Took lots of house pictures and I’ll share them with you tomorrow. But here’s a sneak peek:

And my favorite little cottage. Can I move in?

Please?

A beautiful day, with the humidity gone and a slight breeze. Couldn’t have been better.

Happy Wednesday.