pomelo

Pomelo, Citrus maxima, is a pretty dang delicious tasting fruit - smooth, aromatic, perfumed, if you can imagine such a thing. Huge, spongy rind that feels like a cross between cotton and rubber. The one seen here dwarfs the grapefruit next to it.

Baton Rouge Gallery

While I hadn't spent much time in Baton Rouge, and heard it was boring compared to New Orleans, we actually had a really nice day there: lunch at Curry N Kebab, the Pop-Surrealism show at Baton Rouge Gallery (seen here), and coffee at Garden District Coffee. The mild weather and park areas surrounding the gallery were plusses.

warm places

I spent my whole life trying to move to a warm place. To that end, maps like these are helpful.

blizzard part 2: the morning after

The beauty of the snow the following morning was unquestionable. Walking through it, taking photos, I accidentally dropped my phone in the snow. It stopped working for almost an hour, but returned to life after being properly dried out.

 

blizzard

Sometimes you head back north just in time for a major blizzard. And sometimes that blizzard coincides with your flight plans, so you decide to travel by train instead. The approximately twelve inches of rapidly falling snow, while disruptive, is interesting to look at.

 

Otis House

I really enjoyed touring the historic Otis House in Fairview-Riverside State Park near Madisonville, LA. I had seen the film Eve's Bayou years ago, and the house and grounds in the film made a strong impression on me. Later I visited the park without realizing that it was the location in the film. So it was a pleasure to finally put it all together and experience a place that is so archetypally Louisiana up close and personal, as they say. 

 

Covington sunset

One of the better displays of sky that Covington, LA came up with that winter.