On arrival we became acutely aware of the fact that our paper bags wouldn’t quite cut the mustard in South Louisiana, and rightly so. After a few bemused looks we were promptly kicked out!
We want to send all our happiest Mardi Gras wishes to y’all and especially to all our good friends we made in Cajun country, South Louisiana, we miss you all dearly.
x Ned/Genie/Billy/G
Happy Mardi Gras y’all. Brings back a lot of happy memories for us from our incredible time out in South Louisiana. Seeing as it’s Mardi Gras n’ all we thought we’d show y’all our poor attempts to fit in during “Country Mardi Gras”. The “Courir de Mardi Gras” (Mardi Gras Run) as it’s known is a special rural event in Southern Louisiana where everybody dresses up in these extremely colourful and elaborate, handcrafted clothes. Problem was we weren’t quite aware of the dress code at the time. Here Billy and I try and attempt to fit in with some “home made” head gear…
I’m nearly done now I think. I added elephants, some penny farthings (the old school bikes), popped in some hummingbirds and strange foliage and finished it with a picture of cricketing legend W.G. Grace…
My ode to Louisiana, interlocking fleur du lis and crawfish…