Crosses and barns.
Yesterday. Strange day. We needed to work. We are in mourning for a friend who passed rather unexpectantly. So, it was one of those the work is the prayer days. We did part of the work at home and hit the road. I just wanted to be in the country. Luckily for New Orleanians, the country is about 15 miles away. Things change quickly. We leave a city that is really a Caribbean third world country and enter the Deep South in minutes. It looks that way. It feels that way. We crossed the river at Harahan using the Huey P. Long Bridge and headed west, which is also upriver.
We just drove and looked. We listened to music and barely talked. We needed a little grounding.
My real intention was to look for scenes that would fulfill my promise to publish more nature pictures. Focusing on one subject rarely works for me so I let that go. Besides, I don’t shoot the usual nature picture. I decided to still ramble randomly and just to photograph what I saw.
A little bit of history about this place. Vacherie is plantation country. Plantations there usually mean sugarcane. That’s the season. Today, there are farmers using big harvesters and other machines. Once that work was done be people working in the fields. You know what that means. The Civil War changed everything. Today, when you see people who have lived around this place for years in beat up old family homes, you know that hey are descendants of former slaves. They were share croppers once. Now, many of them don’t have work. But, that’s another story. It’s a story worth telling. That’s one I might do.
Although it might not look it, this cemetery has been around since the 1800s. Many gravesites have a had a fresh coat of whitewash splashed on them. Everything looks new. Look closely and you can see hurricane damage. You’ll find rusted crosses that come with being underwater during storm surges from the river and even as far away as the Gulf. Look at the top picture. You’ll see what I mean.
Three more things. I’ve already written too much.
Most importantly, our day trip which made its turn around at this cemetery, brought us a lot of peace. Even converting to our new iPhone 6s last night couldn’t break it. That’s saying something. Two, I’ll show you more of this cemetery tomorrow. I made a lot of pictures. How could I not? Just look at the light. And… we’ll be back. I really like driving upriver along the Mississippi River.
Sugar cane fields surround the cemetery.
Crosses and light.
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