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Related: About this forumSome old houses, trees and a gas station in New Iberia, Louisiana
I took these on a recent trip to my mother's hometown.
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The next (kinda spooky)house belonged to a relative who was a US Senator.
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from another angle:
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I still have some of his campaign memorabilia and stationery.
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Beautiful old trees along the Bayou Teche:
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The house where my mother was born:
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petronius
(26,603 posts)I lived in Louisiana for a while and I really miss it sometimes, particularly around April and early May which I always thought were the best times to be in south LA. Your photos have triggered (and partly assuaged) that 'homesickness'...
trusty elf
(7,401 posts)We were in New Iberia earlier this month when the weather was perfect, and I fell under the spell of the place.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)The big wrap-around porches, the gracious grounds surrounding, all of it.
Thanks for sharing!
trusty elf
(7,401 posts)This is another view of the antebellum house "Shadows on the Teche":
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)alfredo
(60,075 posts)trusty elf
(7,401 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I esp. like the photo of that ancient oak with branches touching the ground.
There is a similar one in Mobile...rather, i hope it is still there, dunno after Hurricane Ivan.
i can almost feel the air in your photos.
trusty elf
(7,401 posts)So glad you enjoyed the photos.
Check out these trees on nearby Avery Island:
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dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)somehow the oaks and the azaleas go together so well.
Solly Mack
(90,785 posts)Great shots. Thank you for taking us with you!!
trusty elf
(7,401 posts)We saw one oak that is estimated to have been planted in the 1630s.
Glad you like the photos!
Mira
(22,380 posts)and stokes my love of the deep South.
trusty elf
(7,401 posts)Thanks for checking in! So happy you enjoyed the photos.
There's a park in New Iberia that has an old Navy jet on display. I asked my mother to pose beside it with her hand on the wing.......
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Mira
(22,380 posts)and you remain the King of Photoshop.