"Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home.
There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning."
~~Amy Grant
One of the nice things about traveling...
~Nancy ~ 181/365
~Nancy ~ 181/365
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"When I was a boy, there was but one permanent ambition among my comrades in our village on the west bank of the Mississippi River. That was, to be a steamboatman." It seems hard to believe that I was in St. Louis just last week,
and now here I am in New Orleans watching the wheel of the steamboat "Natchez" churning up the "Big Muddy"... ~Nancy ~ 180/365 
“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air--moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh--felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. Honeysuckle, swamp flowers, magnolia, and the mystery smell of the river scented the atmosphere, amplifying the intrusion of organic sleaze. It was aphrodisiac and repressive, soft and violent at the same time.” 
A morning tour through the swamps on a slow moving boat with the sounds of the cicadas singing loudly in the background was a surprisingly sweet and cool way to begin our day. We saw plenty of bald cypress trees with their "knees" sitting the in the bayou and 'gators swimming close by...
~Nancy ~ 179/360 
"I've been all over the world. The culture and feel of New Orleans is unique and special.
One sign we saw described that there were only a few cities with their own uniqueness. Included in this special group are San Francisco, Santa Fe, New York, and New Orleans, and that everywhere else is Cleveland... ~Nancy ~ 178/365 
Our first night in New Orleans.
We were told that the locals call the beads that you find hanging everywhere "Mardi Gras Moss". "Laissez le bon temps rouler"... ~Nancy ~ 177/365 
"As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, The hollyhocks in my garden were planted years ago by Vera, my neighbor.
Their seeds begin to grow quietly beneath the soil every spring, and it is always a surprise to see their color and where they will grow. ~Nancy ~ 176/365 
Winning is great,
but it's even better when you finish with a home-made sugar cookie! ~Nancy ~ 175/365 
We stayed in one of Santa's Cottages in Santa Clause, Indiana,
anticipating a day spent at Holiday World. It's Christmas every single day in this little town... ~Nancy ~ 174/365  "These days it's cool to be ethnic and to be different, It's summer,
and the tomatoes are already turning green and looking like something that needs to be fried up in a pan... ~ Nancy ~ 173/365 
"Summertime / An' the livin' is easy." I can only hope the sun shone the same way for you on this Summer Solstice...
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