| Jackson Square to the left and, on the right side of the picture, the Pontalba Apartments, the oldest apartment buildings in the United States. |
| St. Charles Avenue Streetcar |
| A walk in the snow in Audubon Park |
| Canal Street, the widest main street in the United States. |
| Palm tree in Uptown New Orleans |
| Snow on Bayou St. John, in the heart of the city. |
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| New Orleans Country Club - With many thanks to my e-friend, Apple, for sharing this beautiful picture. |
| Storyland, City Park |
| Look! I made a snowball! |
| St. Charles Avenue Streetcar |
| Streetcar on Canal Street |
| Photos 8 - 11 were taken by Times-Picayune photographer John Patrick. More of his photos can be found here. |
| Staff at the New Orleans Museum of Art build a snowman. |
| Snow in the City |
| Once every decade or so, it snows in south Louisiana. Though it rarely accumulates to a measurable degree, all over town you'll see tries at snowman-building (okay, little snowmen, but snowmen, nonetheless :-). If it snows for a few hours, the schools will generally close. I've never been sure if that's to give the children a once-or-twice in a childhood chance to play in the snow, or because natives of warm weather climates are notoriously bad drivers in unaccustomed winter weather and they're concerned for the children's safety. Either way, it's a fun day, which is about how long the dusting will last before it melts into our collective memories. But, oh, the lovely memories. Nancy |