With no sleep to speak of, the feathers fluttering,
the sun ablazing, the glitter geysers soaring we
hobbled and sashayed our rag-tag entourage
across the tracks and to down Ye Olde Friendly Bar
to meet up with the Krewe of Saint Anne..

Ilya and Nina on Mardi Gras Mornin’

Ddddaberto as a sweet drowned sailor, a la Pierre et Gilles Marins et Mer

Bella Melinda

Headpiece and phoenix-beak were
lovingly created from copper by my sweetheart!

Bling to blind your eyes..

Jeanne D’arc, Maid of Orleans

Her monumental counterpart..

Le Sacre Coeur de Nouvelle Orleans

Catholic Icons Galore!

Lovely Veronica. This girl always blows my mind.
Her carousel actually spins around, lights up, and plays music!

I loved this mask so much I licked the snoot of it. Really. I did.

Nina Carolina and her effervescent innards.

Salty Walty and the Mardi Boys
(Misha the faun and Jesse with the mathematical face)

A radiant babydoll, the Empress Mrs. Antoinette K-Doe (and friend)

Mardi Gras Indians suits at the Backstreet Cultural Museum

So pretty!

On the way home..

Goodnight Wild Magnolias…

Oh, and also…
Incriminating Ash Wednesday evidence from

Saint Anne peek-tures from