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Hey guys!

Sorry I disappeared for a bit there.

The hubby and I traveled to New Orleans for the wedding of our close friends.
It was our first weekend to ourselves since we've had our daughter and we really enjoyed ourselves.

Needless to say - I haven't done ANY art.

I *did* take a trip to the cemeteries down there, and while I don't consider myself any kind of photographer (besides a very very amateur one) I still think I'll share one or two. <3

More photos can be seen here: [link]

Also- TONS of messages/deviations to go through. But they all will get some attention here soon. Thanks for being patient.

Hope everyone is well.
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:iconsundialing:
I took a mission trip to New Orleans with my youth group recently. Not to be cliche but it completely flipped my world upside down. It was an eye-opening experience. Such a beautiful place, and so much work yet to be done to restore it...
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~WordsAreMyWeakness Jun 22, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
I wish I had visited before...
I feel like then I would have a better grasp on all the damage that was done.
I think I really missed/drove past most of it.
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:iconsundialing:
yeah, a lot has been cleaned up. It's impossible to get a full grasp of it, of course, but I think the best you can do is talk to people who were there when it happened. Their stories are literally unbelievable.
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~WordsAreMyWeakness Jun 23, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
We talked to a few locals, but there really weren't many stories of Katrina, and I wasn't really going to ask. Mainly we chatted with the street musicians and the amazing mask store lady.
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:iconsundialing:
Yeah, the only reason we talked about Katrina was the nature of our work (we were caulking and painting houses in one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods). The people in the French Quarter are so great... we talked to a guy playing guitar outside Cafe du Monde.. Sorry for rambling on and on haha, I miss the city so much...
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~WordsAreMyWeakness Jun 23, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
No no. Please do. It's very interesting to me. Especially because I was just there.

We stayed at Place D'Arms in the French Quarter. It was super nice. I saw very little damage in the area that I was in.

But I didn't go on a tour or anything. And I went exploring a little bit on my own, but I really didn't have too much free time as I was there for a wedding - a in it - there it was pretty much bachelorette party, rehearsal dinner, wedding, reception, home, :(

I'll definitely have to go back sometime and give the city a better explore.
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:iconsundialing:
Yeah, we stayed at a church in the Broadmoor neighborhood, which is probably about fifteen-twenty minutes from the French Quarter. Broadmoor was very hard-hit.

There were a lot of people staying at the church who were able to tell their story.. and I talked a lot to the woman whose house we painted. Her story was absolutely heartbreaking.. all of her belongings were lost in the storm, and two months after the storm her husband passed away. And this is years after the storm actually took place. There's still so much damage.
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~WordsAreMyWeakness Jun 25, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Wow. Yeah... definitely didn't come across anything like that.

I had a friend that recently was with Ameri Corps. And they spent a good bit of time in LA. But I think it was away from the city.

I should sit her down when we both have free time and listen to her stories. <3
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:iconkarenwanny:
Ahhh, well as long as you had fun then all is well! (:

Oooh, photos? :3
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~WordsAreMyWeakness Jun 16, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
I did.
It was a lovely vacation.

I get to go on another vacation in July. This time with my daughter and hubby and I'm looking forward to that as well. I'm a pretty lucky lady.

<3
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