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Carnival Season
We were somehow unaware that our visit to Crowley coincided with the annual International Rice Festival. but that’s what happens when you fail to fully research the places you plan to visit, or don’t even know for sure where you’re going until you get there. So, there in Crowley, the main street was blocked for the festival so we picked our through town and ended up seeing what I guess was the back of the midway. It was an unexpectedly nice view.
Sadly, our schedule didn’t leave time for a visit, which is a shame – it looks like we missed a pretty good time. And we’ll never know who was crowned this year’s Chef de Riz.
Crowley, Louisiana
photographed 10.21.2017
I Shall Not Want
I recently spent some time in Louisiana, shooting for a long-term project that may actually be nearly done.
And, naturally, while i was working on that, I kept my eyes open for other things to photograph. Like the inside of this tomb.
Old St. Ann’s Cemetery
Mamou, Louisiana
photographed 10.22.2017
Laz + Buddie
I am pretty sure you’ve been wondering how a town got a name like “Lazbuddie” – turns out that two fellows Luther “Laz” Green and his business partner Buddie Sherley started a store there in 1924. And naturally, the place became Lazbuddie. (Because Buddielaz sounds silly.)
This is the very location of their store. It used to be the post office, and for a while the only telephone in the community was there.
There are fewer than 200 people in Lazbuddie these days and they’ve all got their own phones. I assume.
Lazbuddie, Texas
photographed 10.15.2017
Longhorn Stadium
Look! Longhorn Stadium. (Not the one at the University of Texas.)
Lazbuddie, Texas
photographed 10.15.2017
Football Footprints
Friday’s football fans left their mark all over the bleachers. (Lazbuddy beat Cotton Center, 15-6.)
Lazbuddie, Texas
photographed 10.15.2017
