Lady Jester

We went on a number of tours while in New Orleans, which is a bit unusual for us. One of them was of Mardi Gras World. This place produces most of the floats for the Mardi Gras parades, as well as for other parades around the country. The formal tour was a little bit on the cheesy side, but at the end they let us freely wander through the warehouse, with no restrictions on photography, They have quite a collection of floats and figures! I’ll be posting some more of these…need a little break from the mostly monochrome cemetary pics,…

Steel Grey and Ochre

New Orleans, Louisiana I’ve got ochre on the brain, because I’ve been reading the fascinating book Color: A Natural Histroy of the Palette by Victoria Finlay. The first section was all about ochre, particularly as used by Aboriginal people in Australia. Curiously, jury duty has the pleasant unexpected side effect of giving me lots of time to read in the breaks.