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52 Weeks of Happiness - Week One


It's Fat Tuesday, so I've got my beads on. 
And not just any old beads, but ones that came directly from New Orleams. 
(For the record, I didn't get them the old-fashioned way one gets beads in New Orleans.  I'm just saying...)

It's not just the beads, it's the city. 
It's the sense of calm I get when I think of a place, so far away from me. 

It's the quiet that comes when I picture myself sitting at the Cafe du Monde, having beignets and cafe au lait. 


It's the memory of Keith and I trekking to the water's edge early one morning to watch the sunrise. 



It's the total happiness I feel when I'm having a bad day, and imagine that I'm really sitting here:







Comments

Unknown said…
I'm so jealous. I want to go there!!!!
March 8, 2011 at 8:31 AM
Quadmama said…
I've been to New Orleans once. I was in sixth grade. I really want to go back. I just remember it being such a bustling, beautiful area.
March 8, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Susan Anderson said…
You made some neat memories!

=)
March 8, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Unknown said…
I think I could go for a beignet right about now!
Stopped by from the happiness project.
March 8, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Actuary Mom said…
I've never been, your photos make we want to visit!
March 8, 2011 at 4:32 PM
leigh hewett said…
Great post! That city truly is magical.

You might enjoy a poem that I wrote years ago about a trip my husband and I took to New Orleans. Here is the link...

http://leighvslaundry.blogspot.com/2009/08/poetry-project-day-3.html
March 9, 2011 at 12:37 PM
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