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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

VERSAILLES TO CHOUACHAS / wun chok bong's book gift to us

+CAROLINA PARROTS+
>ivory bills and purple gallinules were prolific<
>in the chouachas and barataria jungles in the<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY /+
+CHOUACHAS CONCESSION)+
>year 1739 when lieutenant jean baptiste<
>antoine valentin verloin degruy arrived<
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+OCTOBER +2014+ SAFARI+
>(dear friends, please see my<
>note after photograph #10<
>re: wun chok bong's gift)<
+SACRED SEEDS SEARCH+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
>should include our photo journey south<
>of new orleans to the barataria and the<
>chouachas jungles where the degruy<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ DUCOTEAU SAUCIER+
>kings land grant was located…plus<
>the plantation of ducotau saucier<
>(famed king's land surveyor)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRUY KING'S GRANT @ ENGLISH TURN+
+& SAUCIER GRANT @ ENGLISH TURN+
>(google : eugene ray<
>/ kings land grant)<
+CHOUACHAS GRANT @ JESUI BEND+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >my favorite river road plantation ruin near<
>new orleans has always been this one, the<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ ZENON TROUDEAU+
>zenon troudeau house w/ 4 roof cones<
>(unusual plantation bioenergy design)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >my famed plantation photographer friend<
>clarence john laughlin loved this place,<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN)+
>belle grove, but the columns were still<
>upright when he was there in the 40s<
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>my favorite plantation near baton rouge<
>is this one, belle helene, which was in<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>> / BELLE HELENE)+
>a ruinous state in its 1950 JUNGLE<
>(cavaroc plantation architect, dakin)<
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 >our young gruy marine lieutenant ancestor<
>"antoine", was about 20 years old when he<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+GRUY IN VERSAILLES)+
>left versailles around christmas of yr. 1738<
>arriving nola march 1739 (s.domingo stop)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >synchronistically his son, jean baptiste<
>acquired a crown point indian mound<
+GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BARATARIA JUNGLE)
>indigo plantation by marriage (on left)<
+CHOUACHAS GRANT+
>the jesuit bend land (right) came later<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                      
 >in about 1994 i was invited to design a<
>jungle compound in the tropic zone of<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ ECO MUNDO RESORT)+
>baja california, mexico near mulege<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the french tropic syndrome galvanized my>
>oeuvre increasingly and by 1980 the work<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ RADIANT CONCEPTS)<
>had a character that reflected its ROOTS<
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>genetic memory from the french orient forest<
>fueled my choice of the sansouci forest site<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ >>SANSOUCI FOREST)+
>w/ the arts orientation of the forest venues<
>along w/ barranger & lobdell friendship<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>the dining terrace of pictors metamorphosis<
>restaurant w/ its color & philodendrons has<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ TROPIC SYNDROME)+
>a strong tropical flavor / (radiant concepts)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >on this subject of biotronic energy, dave<
>and i have just received a gift from wun>
>chok bong of his latest book, entitled, :
+(THIS MADE OUR DAY /+
+W.C. BONGS GIFT to US)+ !
"an anatomy of medieval churches & the<
>application of radiant architecture" !!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>students of organic radiant architecture must<
>comprehend the value of spheroid & conoid<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ BIOTRONIC ENERGY)+
>volume for fruit, vegetables and architecture<
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 >gilbert dufouchard degruy (left).. and his sister<
>jaunita (2nd from r) were classic creole cousins<
+(GILBERT du FOUCHARD deGRUY+
+FATHER OF GRUY GENEALOGY)+
>of original type,.. (cousin neal's aunt & uncle)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>on this desk french king louis xv signed<
>the papers that granted degruy family a<
+(DUCOTEAU SAUCIER+
+KING'S SURVEYOR)+
>king's grant at english turn below nola<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+THIS WAS BECAUSE LOUIS XV/+
+WAS a CHILDHOOD COUSIN of+
>(google : eugene ray<
>/gruy/ king louis xv)<
+>> J.B. ANTOINE V.V. deGRUY+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu                                  


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