You see seashells in New Orleans no matter where you go. There are on the sidewalks, in the parks. I started my day with a vegan brunch at the Eco Cafe Canal where I had the best grits I have ever had in my life. It was so good, I had to ask how did they make them? Good try, but they didn't fall for it! It's also a great place to get freshly pressed juice. I've been coming here for a morning cup of carrot and parsley juice. The lattes are pretty good as well. Then I walked over to one of the local stores, and looked at plants. Took some names down for the ones I want to have in my garden: tickseed sunfire & autumn sage to name a few... Learned the difference between perennials and biennials: the former lasts for three seasons or more, the latter, according to F lower Gardens by Suite 101 , "grows vegetatively its first year, lives over the winter, then finally blooms in the second season. Once it has bloomed and set seed, it dies. Foxgloves and hollyhocks are ...