>to my ancestors/relatives and<
+NEW ORLEANS+
+GRUYERE+
>friends in our native lands<
(>magny fouchard and<
>versailles as well<)
^^^^^^^^^
+MARDI GRAS DAY 2013+
>is this next tuesday but the parades<
>and balls this weekend are very<
+FABULOUS AS WE SPEAK+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DISCLAIMER+
>"ladies" exposing breasts was not<
>seen in the mardi gras of my <
+CHILDHOOD+
>but catherine de medici made<
>this popular for servers at<
>the french court and<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+COUNT MICHAEL de GRUYERE+
>was the fair haired boy there<
>(cousin of king francois 1st<
>who he grew up with<)
^^^^^^^^^^^
>google.com (search)
+EUGENE RAY / DEGRUY+
+MARDI GRAS+
^^^^^^^
>focus on the essay of<
>feb. 15, 2010<
^^^^^^^
+GRUYERE CASTLE+
>for my vision of mardi gras in the<
>ancient castle of my ancestors<
>(the counts de gruy(ere)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+CHALAMALA WAS THE GENIUS+
>artist/magician/seer<
+FOOL OF GRUYERE CASTLE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+FEAST OF FOOLS+
>was the ancient basis of mardi gras<
>and can be googled for insight<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+KNIGHTS OF BABYLON+
>synchronistically was the first crew<
>i saw parade on napoleon ave<
>as a child in new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THE BABYLON NIGHT PARADE+
+INFLUENCED MY LIFE+
>(fantastic/radiant)<
^^^^^^^^^
+F O R E V E R+
^^^^^^
+NAPOLEON AVENUE+
>my grandmother's home avenue<
>was directly in the middle of<
+COUTOURIER+
>plantation of her ancestors<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+DEGRUY PLANTATION+
>of her great grandfather was<
>directly across the river<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
>parade floats introduced me to<
>the world of ancient babylon<
+SUMERIANS+
>and its extraterrestrials<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>flights of fancy theme<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>classic fantastic creation of the<
>most important night parade<
+GOOGLE COMUS+
(mystic crewe)
>with its fambeaux dancers<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>"four gods of the yucatan"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>french tropic syndrome float<
>for augustus le plongeon<
+EXPLORER+
>who was in new orleans<
>two years earlier<
^^^^^^^^^
>lords of light<
^^^^^^
>proteus night parade is a fantastic<
>experience for an eight year old<
+WIDE EYED BOY+
>in the old city of new orleans<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>freaks of fable<
^^^^^^^
>rex parade mardi gras day on<
>next tuesday is the main<
>parade of the season<
^^^^^^^^^^^
+GOOGLE+
>for its history and see it live<
>on the world wide web<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
>visions of other worlds<
^^^^^^^^^^^
>alligators were from "other worlds"<
>in those early new orleans floats<
+SWAMP WORLD+
>of lafitte the pirate and his<
+ARCHITECT+
>friend jean baptiste degruy<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+OTHER WORLDS TODAY WOULD+
+TAKE US TO MARS AND THE+
(>see my images<
>earlier essays<)
+BACK SIDE OF THE MOON+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
gene ray, lajolla, california
>eugene ray, mfa, architect<
>professor emeritus, sdsu<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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