I have often found that some of the ‘thats which’ and ‘those who’ have been through the worst imaginable, come out the other side… glowing just a little bit brighter.

You know, with lessons and knowledge and perspective…  and a kind of weathered beauty.

Hurricane Katrina hit this place on August 29, 2005.

I got to visit today.

Weathered yet Glowing

Posing for the Midday Sun

I Got Enough Copycats Already!

Busy Thoroughfare and the Rare Bead Tree :))

Old Timer

Color Her Beautiful

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