NEW ORLEANS VISIT.

IF YOUR ALERTS WERE DOWN YESTERDAY CHECK MY LAST POST IF YOU MISSED.

 

SINCE I ARRIVED BACK HOME ON MONDAY AND MY FEET TOUCHED DOWN AND KISSED .

 

THE GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME ENGLAND SO NOW I AM HERE AGAIN.

 

TRYING TO SORT OUT PICTURES SOME HAVN'T TURNED OUT WHAT A SHAME.

 

BUT SON IS SENDING ME HUNDREDS OVER AS SOON  AS HE CAN FIND THE TIME.

 

SO I WILL EVENTUALLY SHOW YOU THEM ALL HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME ".

 

HE PICKED US UP IN HIS WORKING VEHICLE THIS WAS HIS LOVELY BLACK SUV.

 

I GOT A SUPRIZE WHEN HE CAME FROM BEHIND AND HUGGED ME I FELT THE LOVE.

 

WE FOLLOWED THE PONCHARTRAIN CAUSWAY OVER THE BRIDGE SO LONG.

 

I WASN'T TOO KEEN ON THIS JOURNEY A NERVOUS LUMP IN MY THROAT NOT  A SONG HE-HE.

 

 

 

WE HAD AN HOUR AND HALFS JOURNEY BY CAR TO ARRIVE AT HIS  HOME.

 

I TOOK SOME PICTURES FROM THE CAR WINDOW AS WE CIRCLED AROUND AND ROAMED.

 

 

STROLLING AROUND THE AVENUES WHAT LOVELY PROPERTIES AND MORE.

 

HOUSES OF EVERY KIND AND THEN WE HEADED IN THROUGH HIS FRONT DOOR. 

 

OH HOW I WAS GLAD TO PUT UP MY FEET  AS SUCH A LONG WAY I HAD  COME.

 

THOUGH I KNEW IT WOULD BE ALL WORTH IT AS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE US SUCH FUN.

 

I LAUGHED WHEN HE SHOWED ME THE LOCAL STORE AS I DON'T DRIVE MYSELF YOU SEE.

 

SO I WAS HAPPY I COULD  WALK OVER THERE AND BUY ANYTHING NEEDED BY ME.

 

PIGGLY WIGGLY'S THEY CALLED IT HE-HE-  WHAT A FUNNY NAME.

 

KIND OF REMINDED ME OF MYSELF AS I'M LOOKING THAT WAY WHAT A SHAME HE-HE.

 

I DON'T LIKE ALL THESE EXCESS POUNDS AS IV'E ALWAYS BEEN SLIM DO YOU KNOW.

 

NOW MY CLOTHES ARE BEGINNING TO PULL ON ME EATING EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON SHOW.

 

I SETTLED ME DOWN AND HE TOLD ME TOMORROW WE WERE ALL FIXED UP RIGHT .

 

IN A HOTEL IN NEW ORLEANS CALLED HARRAH'S OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.

 

WHEN I GOT THERE AND SAW HOW LUXURIOUS IT WAS I BEGAN TO FEEL LIKE A QUEEN.

 

BEING PAMPERED BY HIM AND THE LUXURY OF THIS IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST I HAD SEEN.

 

 

 

MY SON AND PARTNER STOPPED IN A DOUBLE AS I LIKE TO BE ALONE.

 

 

HERE HE IS RELAXING HIMSELF SPRAWLED OUT ON THE BED LIKE AT HOME. HE-HE.

 

IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG TO DO THE SAME WHEN I'D HAD A NICE LONG SOAK.

 

I'M SO SMALL YOU WOULD HAVE DIED LAUGHING I WAS LOST IN THIS BATH TUB NO JOKE HE-HE.

 

IT WAS NEARLY AS DEEP AS THE CANYON HE-HE FULL TO THE TOP AS WELL.

 

WITH BUBBLES AND LOVELY BATH OIL AND OH DO I FEEL SWELL.

 

THE OTHER PICTURES OF THE HOTEL SHOW THE HOTEL INSIDE.

 

EVERYTHING WAS SO SPOTLESS AND THEY CERTAINLY TOOK MUCH PRIDE.

 

IN FULFILLING THERE GUESTS WITH PLEASURES AND THE STAFF WERE SO KIND AND GOOD.

 

SO IF YOU EVER GO DOWN NEW ORLEANS TRY THIS HOTEL YOU SHOULD.

 

 

WHILST I WAS THERE  I SNAPPED THESE PICS UP ABOVE FOR YOU ALL TO  SEE.

 

I LOVED THE HORSE AND TRAPS THEY WERE BRILLIANT JUST THE JOB FOR ME.

 

CAN YOU SEE ALL THOSE BIG BLACK CLOUDS YET IT WAS RED HOT AS CAN BE.

 

AND THE HEAVY SHOWERS THEY CAME DOWN IN FORCE BUT DIDN'T TIPPLE ON ME.

 

I WAS UNDER THE CANOPY KEEPING DRY VEIWING WHATEVER I COULD.

 

SNAPPING AWAY WITH MY CAMERA THE RIDE WAS EXCITING AND GOOD.

 

 

 

 

 

FROM HERE I WENT SHOPPING FOR T/SHIRTS REQUESTED FROM FRIENDS BACK HOME.

 

THEY WANTED THEM FROM THE HARD ROCK CAFE SO I HAD ME QUITE A LONG ROAM.

 

SEEKING THIS STORE BUT I FOUND IT AND WHEN I GOT THERE  GOODS WERE  CHEAP.

 

AS THE SALES WERE ON BOY DID I HAVE FUN BUYING WHATEVER I COULD REAP.

 

IN THE PICTURES ABOVE YOU WILL SEE WHICH I BOUGHT HE-HE JUST FOR THE LAUGH.

 

FOR A COUSIN OF MINE WITH A BIG POT BELLY FROM HIS LAUGHING COUSIN KATH HE-HE.

 

I WISHED I COULD HAVE TAKEN THIS FURNITURE HOME A POOL CUE STAND IT WAS.

 

 

YES LAUREL AND HARDY I LOVED IT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT FOR THE BOSS. HE-HE.

 

I ALSO LOVED THE LITTLE CARS FOR CHILDREN DISPLAYED SO GAY.

 

THEY WOULD HAVE LOVED THEM THE CHILDREN IN ENGLAND I HAVN'T SEEN THESE MY WAY.

 

THE FIRE ENGINE I AM SURE THEY WOULD LOVE AS IT SEEMS EVERY LITTLE BOY.

 

WANTS TO BE A FIREMAN ONE DAY SO DELIGHTED THEY'D BE WITH THIS TOY.

 

 

 

ANOTHER PICTURE ABOVE YOU WILL SEE PIANNO'S FOR CHILDREN SO SMALL.

 

I KNOW MY LITTLE GRANDAUGHTER WOULD LOVE THESE AND HAVE A BALL.

 

WE CARRIED ON WALKING AND SON ARRANGED ANOTHER MEAL OUT FOR US THREE.

 

MOST OF THE HOLIDAY HERE HE HAD PLANNED FOR JUST PARTNER AND HIM AND ME.

 

HE THOUGHT IF I HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD WITH HIM TO MYSELF ALONE.

 

I COULD ENJOY IT MORE AND HE REALISED I WOULDN'T BE ABLE  TO MOAN. HE-HE.

 

AT SHARING HIM WITH ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS  SO I WAS QUITE HAPPY AT THAT.

 

THOUGH EVERY DAY I DID GET A CALL THROUGH FROM THEM TO HAVE A CHAT.

 

I LOVED THIS KITCHEN POTTERY AND THE WHEELBARROW FULL OF FLOWERS.

 

I COULD HAVE TAKEN EVEYTHING AWAY I WAS SHOPPING FOR HOURS AND HOURS.

 

 

LOOK AT THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE BELOW  DO YOU RECOGNISE THE STAR AND OTHERS .

 

MANY YRS GONE BY NOW A WOMANS HEARTHROB YES CLARK GABLE HE WAS MY MOTHERS.

 

 

 

HANDSOME CLARK GABLE WITH VIRGINIA LEIGH ALL SO BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED.

 

ALL THE PICTURES FROM THE FILM "GONE WITH THE WIND"  PRESENTED SO LOVELY AND NAMED.

 

IF I COULD HAVE MANAGED ONE OF THESE BACK HOME IT'S MY KIND OF THING I WOULD BUY .

 

BUT  MAYBE IF I DROP A HINT TO SON ONE DAY IT MIGHT CATCH HIS EYE. HE-HE.

 

FURTHER ALONG WE  WALKED AND WALKED AND FOUND BOURBON STREET OF FAME.

 

I WAS FEELING TIRED BY NOW AND MY FEET WERE ACHING  I WAS SO LAME HE-HE.

 

 

THE HEAT WAS DRAINING ME TERRIBLY AND OH! I FORGOT TO SAY.

 

I BOUGHT MYSELF A LARGE PICTURE HAT IN CERISE AND A HANDBAG OH-LAY   HE-HE.

 

TO SHIELD MY HEAD FROM THE RED HOT SUN WELL AT NINETY DEGREES IT WAS HOT!!!

 

PHEW !! SO I STOPPED INTHE SHADE IF I COULD AND TIED UP MY HAIR IN A KNOT.

 

MY SON SAID MUM LOOK AS IF YOUR DRUNK SO I LEANED OVER ON THIS LAMPOST. HE-HE.

 

WHEN HE SENDS ME THE SNAPS I'LL SHOW YOU THEM ALL AND THEN I COULD SMELL SOMETHING  ROAST. 

 

WELL MY STOMACH THOUGHT THAT MY THROAT WAS CUT SO ON FOR ANOTHER MEAL.

 

I LICKED THE PLATTER CLEAN MY FRIENDS THEN SO FULL UP I DID FEEL.

 

PERFECTION  IN EVERY WAY IT WAS COOKED THE STARTERS WERE REALY ENOUGH.

 

BUT I NEVER LEFT A MORSAL " WASTE NOT WANT NOT"  AND ALL THAT STUFF HE-HE.

 

(STARTERS)

 

(IN THE MIDDLE FINGER BUFFET ALMOST GONE HE-HE)

 

FOR MAIN COURSE I CHOSE A CHARRED FILLET OF STEAK I WENT MAD AND GOT THE EIGHT OUNCE. 

 

I'M LOOKING NOW LIKE A ROUND RUBBER BALL AND IF DROPPED I'M SURE I WOULD BOUNCE.  HE-HE.

 

MASHED POTATOES AND BROCILLI  ALSO AND THE BREAD AND BUTTER PUDDING WAS GREAT. HEEEEEEE.

 

I NEVER LEFT A SCRAP ANY TIME I  FINISHED WITH A CLEAN PLATE.

 

THEN JUST BEFORE WE HEADED BACK HOME I TOOK A STROLL  ON THE JETTY.

 

AND SPOTTED THIS WONDERFUL STATUE  STOOD THERE YES OF COURSE IT'S OUR BETTY HE-HE.

 

 

SO  ANOTHER  WONDERFUL DAY I HAD IN NEW ORLEANS AS  I'M SHOPPING MAD.

 

I COULD HAVE BOUGHT UP ALMOST EVERYTHING I WAS SORRY TO LEAVE IT WAS SAD.

 

I HAD TO MOVE ON FOR MORE TRAVELLING WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU MY NEXT POST IN TIME.

 

WHEN A LAUGH A MINUTE AT THE WILDLIFE  PARK NEXT I'M POSTING IN   " MY SIMPLE RHYME "

 

 

 

 

   HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED MY FRIENDS TAKE CARE.