We are looking forward to a quiet weekend - there is plenty of cleaning and organizing to do around here to get this place in gear for Mardi Gras.  I am also hoping that the incredible thunderstorm this morning was the last of the rain around here for a while.  I am starting to get slightly edgy about getting the house painted.

And just to make you smile...a picture of Jamesy holding a gigantic, stale loaf of french bread for the Audubon Park ducks and sweet Luz on the moonwalk during a recent trip to the French Quarter: