Little Flower Villa

 Mandeville, Louisiana does not have a lot of historic homes because of the many hurricanes that besiege this little town perched on the edge of a huge lake. This was historically a place for wealthy New Orleanians to escape the summer heat and yellow fever epidemics and relax on wide verandas enjoying the relatively cool breezes from the lake.
  One of the few surviving homes is Little Flower Villa, which my friends and I painted

. Can't you just picture yourself sipping a Pimm's cup on the porch?