+DEEP SUMMER RADIANCE 1955+ >pre katrina/oil disaster epoch when we were young and +I N N O C E N T+ ^^^^^^^^^ +STEPHEN HAWKING COLONIES+ >(it is sobering to hear stephen hawking the great english scientist say that +SHADES OF JOHN LAW+ >we may need to colonise space as the earth may be doomed). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HISTORY CHANNEL U.F.O.+ >programs have certainly become prolific and improved...lighting >hawkings sad assessment<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JUNGLE RADIANCE MY FOCUS+ >sunday camera safaris< +LOST PLANTATIONS+ >french tropic syndrome< +IN 1955 SOUTHERN LOUISIANA+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE'S AMBIENCE+ >remember, when the french arrived some of our trees were so large +PARROTS-IVORY BILLS+ >eight men were unable to place >their arms arround them< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"LOUISIANA DEEP SOUTH"+ >"where to go< + >what to do"< +"YEAR ROUND VACATION LAND"+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >is a 1955 vintage book i have, filled w/ illustrated articles about different regions and towns in louisiana. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ALL VERY PRE-DISASTER+ >rose colored glasses< +I N N O C E N T+ ^^^^^^^^^ +JUNGLE ALCHEMY-2010+ >the following focuses on text relative to our degruy louisiana organic +TROPIQUE-MAGIQUE+ +METAPHYSIQUE+ >natural science and cultural >aesthetic history vision< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AMBIENT-SCENARIO 1955+ 1) >"deep south is a garden. flowers grow in wild profusion in the >marshlands. deep south people >love to share their beauty". ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) >oil,..the giants are going down to the gulf today in search of the >fabulous wealth of oil< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(the above were on the same page) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3) "grand isle...glamorous and exciting, is the home of the tarpon rodeo and some of the finest deep sea fishing in the world". ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +OLEANDER HOTEL+ >on the gulf of mexico< +ALL ROOMS WITH BATH+ (photo: wood building, +PALM TREES+ ^^^^^^^ 4) >grand terre island, is a fascinating remote site of the ruins of >u.s. fort livingston< ^^^^^^^^^^^ +DEGRUY AND PIRATES+ >(one wonders what etienne degruy >was doing on that lonely spot< >locus of lafitte's old camp<) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5) >"glittering torchlight parade, fire >works w/ yummy yamettes"< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +AFRICAN YAMS+ >photo of mr. yam w/ prize winning +OPELOUSAS JUNGLE+ >bunches of large african yams< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 6) >nesting egrets in the jungles of +AVERY ISLAND PARADISE+ (perfect for gruyerens) ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >acres of pungent peppers from +VERA CRUZ & YUCATAN+ >aboriginal salt mines storage of< +TABASCO HOT-SAUCE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 7) >jefferson island owned in 1790 by +LAFITTE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW+ >was known then as cote carlin< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +"DAY-NITE"+ >voudou doctor of 1923 excavated +LAFITTE GOLD TREASURE+ >while practicing his daily magic<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GIANT ELEPHANT EARS+ >bull frogs, purple gallinules and the soup of >alligators< providing the +ALCHEMICAL GRIS GRIS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +HIGH JOHN CONQUEROR ROOT+ >specialty of jefferson island< +DAY-NITE'S GREAT TALENT+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, san diego, california