Resurrecting New Orleans with a blast of sound, marching bands from far and wide strutted their stuff during Mardi Gras first post-Katrina celebration.
For this bead monger, "The Big Easy" never sounded better.
Through the painstaking reconstruction of houses in New Orleans' Ninth Ward visitors catch glimpses of homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Even more unusual is the eerie aura of abandonment that has taken up residence here.
Irony creates drama. Apparently so does color.
Taken during a pause in the the first post-Katrina Mardi Gras celebration, colorful parade-goers exhibit movie set expressions as they gawk at the upcoming float.
The Strand Bookstore is a New York City must-do for book lovers from all over.
Afternoon light painting across two wooden doors in an old adobe building in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Broadway and ice cream
There are many vistas to admire along the many path on the ground of the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York located in the Catskill Mountains. This lone tree "on the edge" seemed to have become one with the fence along the path.
This was one of the views from my room when I stayed at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York.
This was another view from my room at the Mohonk Mountain House at sunrise.
A view of the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York overlooking Lake Mohonk.