PINE NEEDLE BASKET FROM NEEDLES AFT STORM KATRINA LEFT Start Price USD 14.55 Current Price USD 14.55 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, September 27, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Location 70737 See more about 'PINE NEEDLE BASKET FROM NEEDLES AFT STORM KATRINA LEFT' Description jazzyfeet Store PINE NEEDLE BASKET FROM NEEDLES AFT STORM KATRINA LEFT Search PINE NEEDLE BASKET KATRINA BASKETS ARE MADE WITH NEEDLES COLLECTED FOR MORE THEN A YEAR AFTER THE STORM KATRINA TRASHED SOUTH LOUISIANA. I AM A NATIVE OF SOUTH LOUISIANA FOR  75 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN LOTS OF STORMS AND HORRID DEVASTATION BUT NONE LIKE I SAW AFTER KATRINA. EVEN NOW AND FOR DECADES REBUILDING WILL GO ON. NOT IN MY LIFETIME WILL THE WORK BE DONE. MY ANCESTORS CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AT  THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS AS VERY YOUNG SOULS. THEY CAME HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A FERTILE LAND AND HAD LOTS OF WORK. THEY GAVE ME LIFE AND THE WILL TO WORK HARD AND MAKE THIS PLACE A FAMILY LAND. THEY LOVED  SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AND SO DO I. IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE IT AS THEY WILL NEVER SEE IT. AM GRATEFUL THEY CAN'T. I AM FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION ITALIAN AMERICAN. MY LOVE FOR NEW ORLEANS IS FOR THE CITY I GREW UP IN AND REMEMBER SO WELL. I NEVER WANT TO SEE IT AS IT IS TODAY.  STILL HEAR THE CLANK OF TROLLEY WHEELS, HORSES' HOOVES, HAWKERS, AND OF COURSE SMELLS FROM THE COFFEE COMPANIES, AND THE BREAD BAKING ALL THE DAY LONG. I SEE PILES AND PILES OF WATERMELONS AND VEGGIES AND STOREHOUSES; NO LONGER THERE, STACKED WITH ALL YOU COULD NEED. THE HUNDRED YEAR OLD OAKS AND HUGE LONG LEAF PINE TREES WERE A BLESSING FROM THE PAST. THEY TOO ARE GONE. MY HEART IS SADDENED THAT KIND OF LIFE WILL NEVER BE AGAIN.  DIDN'T MEAN TO RAMBLE BUT NEED TO TELL YOU  WHY I MAKE THESE SMALL KATRINA BASKETS. TO SHARE WITH YOU A PART OF HISTORY! THE BIRTH PLACE OF MANY THINGS. SHARE THIS WITH YOUR FRIENDS. A PART OF A DYING BUT STILL LIVING CITY. A SMALL TOKEN OF A BASKET. THANKS AND BLESS YOU HEARTS AND MIND. EACH BASKET COMES WITH A COA SIGNED BY ME SHIRLEY B. NICHOLS, DATED, AND NUMBERED. QUESTIONS? DO ASK ME.   Place a Bid!