PINE NEEDLE BASKET OF PINES DESTROYED BY STORM KATRINA Start Price USD 13.00 Current Price USD 13.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 21, 2008 End Time Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Location SO LOUISIANA See more about 'PINE NEEDLE BASKET OF PINES DESTROYED BY STORM KATRINA' Description                 PINE NEEDLE BASKET OF PINES DESTROYED BY STORM KATRINA Description 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 TO THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS AS VERY YOUNG SOULS. THEY CAME HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A FREE, FERTILE LAND AND 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 I  ALSO   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- FRENCH 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.  SHOULD YOU VISIT THE CITY LISTERN FOR THE CLANK OF TROLLEY WHEELS, HORSES' HOOVES ON COBBLESTONE STREETS,  HAWKERS SELLING WARES , AND OF EVER PRESENT  SMELL OF  ROASTING COFFEE BEANS. CATCH THE SCENT OF FRESH BREAD BAKING RIDING THE WINDS BLOWING OFF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  I SEE PILES AND PILES OF WATERMELONS, VEGGIES AND STOREHOUSES STACKED WITH ONIONS AND NEXT YEAR'S SEEDS. THE HUNDREDS OF  YEARS OLD OAKS AND HUGE LONG LEAF PINE TREES WERE A BLESSING FROM THE PAST. THEY WERE HISTORY WRITTEM FROM THE BEGINNIN OF THE CITY AND BEFORE THAT!  MY HEART IS SADDENED THAT KIND OF LIFE WILL NEVER BE AGAIN. BUT , BY BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO LIFE THROUGH SOME THING BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL THEY ARE ALIVE .   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 KEEPS THE HEART BEAT OF A GREAT FAMILY CITY STILL BEATING. THANKS AND BLESS YOU HEARTS AND MIND. EACH BASKET COMES WITH A COA SIGNED BY ME SHIRLEY B. NICHOLS, DATED, AND NUMBERED. KEEP OUR HEARTS BEATING! REMEMBER NEW ORLEANS AS SHE WAS!!! ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL PLEASE .   PINE NEEDLE BASKET MADE OF NEEDLES FROM TREES DESTROYED BY STORM KATRINA THESE BASKETS BRING LIFE BACK TO THE LOST FOREST   EACH IS DIFFERENT , NO TWO ALIKE. I GATHERED THESE NEEDLES OVER  A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. BASKETS ARE WOVEN BY SHIRLEY B NICHOLS, MYSELF. ARTIFICAL SINEW WAS USED TO GIVE THEM STRENGTH AND LONG LIFE. SIZE : 3 1/2"WIDE X 3" HIGH. ALL MATERIALS ARE FROM NATURE. QUESTIONS? ASK ME.   THEY MAKE GREAT GIFTS. EACH BASKET HAS A COA ATTACHED AND SIGNED, DATED, AND NUMBERED. INCLUDES A PICTURE OF THE WEAVER!                 Place a Bid!