Mardi Gras House

  • (SOPHIE MCLEOD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO) Mike and Patty Boyd, who moved to Georgia from Louisiana nearly a decade ago, have managed to bring a taste of Cajun country into Oglethorpe County. They decorate their home for Mardi Gras every year.
    (SOPHIE MCLEOD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO) Mike and Patty Boyd, who moved to Georgia from Louisiana nearly a decade ago, have managed to bring a taste of Cajun country into Oglethorpe County. They decorate their home for Mardi Gras every year.
  • (SOPHIE MCLEOD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO) Patty Boyd bakes the traditional king cakes, which are cooked with a small plastic baby inside that represents Christ.
    (SOPHIE MCLEOD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO) Patty Boyd bakes the traditional king cakes, which are cooked with a small plastic baby inside that represents Christ.
    Mike and Patty Boyd not only packed their belongings, but also their traditions, when they relocated from Louisiana to Oglethorpe County 10 years ago.  The Boyds’ Colbert home keep...

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