+deBOSSANCOURT FIEFDOM+ (since 1404) >MAGIC & ALCHEMY< >bossancourt champagne< >is still available< >INTERNET< *************** >our very noble ancestor< +COUNTESS de BOSSANCOURT+ (geneva savoy origins) +LOVED THE FANTASTIC+ >see end of message< ******************** +COUSIN NEAL PENDLETON+ >sent a wonderful photograph of my bride marianne and i on the steps +HOT SUMMER NIGHTS &+ +A DIXIE JAZZ BAND+ >of the dance pavilion in the park on the bogue falaya river in +WON THE CONTEST+ >covington where my father & mother met 90 yrs ago. ************************** +NEAL AND LORRAINE PENDLETON WERE OUR KIND HOSTS AS WE (great rainy day book sale) +DROVE AROUND COVINGTON (houmas house tour) +AND VISITED PLANTATIONS (mariannes birthday) +DURING SAFARI YUCATAN & NEW ORLEANS 08 ********************** +SAFARI 2008 PHOTOGRAPHS+ >i sent celine 3 cd disks containing photographs of mayan ruins & a wonderful mayan house to +THANKS CELINE !+ >post on our family website but i cannot easily check >MSNTV-2< >this on my web system. *********************** +FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME+ >heat,seeds,soil,rain,light< +TROPIQUE/MAGIQUE+ >magic apocalypse< +METAPHYSIQUE+ ***************** +THE TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT+ is emphasized in the photos +PLANTS AND BUILDINGS+ >mies en scene stars< ********************* +REEKING W/ ATMOSPHERE+ >there are also photographs of our room in the lamothe house with (MANY LAMOTHE PORTRAITS) >heloise lamothe my great grand +RELATED TO DEGRUYS+ +VIA THE LE ROYS+ >mother >not< discreetly peering +DOWN ON OUR TEESTER+ ************************** >( the large pink john ray town +ESPLANADE AVENUE+ >house across @ the corner) *************************** +THANKS ALSO TO NEAL & LORRAINE FOR SENDING THE "PAWPAW" OBIT of one of our african american degruys, complete w/ photo. ***************************** +THIS IS A PERFECT EXPRESSION of the french tropic colony +AND WHEN WE ARE IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES IN march i expect a vivid +MIES EN SCENE+ ***************** >i am looking forward to voudou +ARTISTIC EXPRESSION+ >complete with talisman, music and +Z O M B I E S+ ***************** (like i saw in papeete, tahiti) +UNFORGETABLE+ ***************** >I WANT TO THANK MY SON DEREK who just yesterday @ lunch gave to me a fantastic birthday gift (along w/ a guide to island of french martinique) ********************* "+MARTINIQUE SNAKE CHARMER+" (rousseau painting on cover) by andre breton the great founder of the paris +S U R R E A L I S I T S+ ********************* this book ranks with my book "+PARIS & THE SURREALISTS+" by george melly +WITH ITS MARVELOUS COVERAGE OF SURREALIST PARIS HAUNTS. >"hotel des grands hommes", >breton's grave & hotel chopin where marianne & i stayed in the passage jouffroy +ALL TREASURES OF+ of the +FANTASTIC+ ************ +THE FANTASTIC TIELHARD+ >it was the great tielhard de chardin (JESUIT PHILOSOPHER) who said that at the highest level +O F + R E A L I T Y+ only the fantastic is possible (GREAT FRENCH VIEW) ********************** >debossancourt fiefdom, 1404< +COUNTESS de BOSSANCOURT+ our very noble ancestor +LOVED THE FANTASTIC+ ************************ SHE WAS A DEVOTEE OF >magic and alchemy< ******************** +COGLIOSTRO & ANTOINE MESMER+ were honored guests @ chateau >de BOSSANCOURT< ******************* (a very french atmosphere) +HER ENTERTAINMENT OF THE FRENCH >court, the degruy count included +WAS QUITE A SURREALISTIC SCENE the king an ardent follower and her cousin the marachael +GAVE LOCAL CACHE+. ******************** +THE CHAMPAGNE FLOWED+ >a popular venue gaining much political clout. ******************** (the sun king loved champagne) +LOUIS 14th MADE deBOSSANCOURT JUDGE OF THE REGIONAL DISTRICT vigie lebrun's heroic portrait of the countess very impressive. ****************************** gene ray, san diego, california (google) eugenerayart.com