Maybe we will get a rain!

Clarinda, IA   Still dry, but rain forecast for tomorrow night.  Omaha TV stations giving stat of something like 8" below normal rainfall.

Had this hawk sit on a branch in our back yard for quit a while yesterday surveying the ground.  Didn't see him swoop down on anything, though he sure was studying something.









Working some more on photos of our Canada trip a month ago.  Have put up couple more albums.

https://picasaweb.google.com/104734368515318820647/TheBottleHousesOnPEIInTheMidstOfLaRegionEvangeline

This album is one that I didn't include in the Prince Edward Island album, though it is on PEI.  This Bottle Houses tour was quite interesting.  The web page for this place is  http://www.bottlehouses.com/index.cfm

Here is a little about the man who built the buildings:

  Who is this Edouard?    His roots
Edouard was born in 1914, son of Emmanuel and Roséline Arsenault of Cap-Egmont where he lived all his life, except for the years he served in the Second World War with the 8th N.B. Princess Louise Hussars in the United Kingdom, the Central Mediterranean area and Continental Europe (1941 - 1946). Fisherman by trade, at first with his father Emmanuel and later on his own, Édouard also worked as a carpenter during the non-fishing seasons most of his life, including boat building and construction work. In 1948, he married Rosina Leclerc of Urbainville, P.E.I. For several years, they resided in the Cap-Egmont lighthouse where Edouard served as the last resident lighthouse keeper. Their two elder children, Yvette and Réjeanne - the present owner of the Bottle Houses, were raised there for a few years until such time as the lighthouse was automated in 1957; the family then moved to the residence presently on the grounds of the Bottle Houses and two sons, Maurice and Pierre, were born shortly afterwards. Edouard's strong Acadian roots also led him to contribute greatly to the development of the Evangeline area, his home community. Even after his retirement, his creative energy and his sense of humour, very much Acadian, were channelled in his architectural project of transforming over 25,000 bottles into the colorful souvenirs he has left for all of us to admire.
Genealogy path of Edouard Arsenault
* Édouard, son of Emmanuel, son of Pierre, son of Joseph, son of Nicolas, son of Firmin, son of Paul, son of Jacques, son of Pierre Arsenault and Marie Guérin.
* His ancestor Pierre Arsenault, forebear of all the Acadian Arsenaults, was born in approximately 1650 in France. His place of birth is unknown. He arrived in Port-Royal in 1671 and worked as a coastal pilot. He married Marguerite Dugas in 1675 and later Marie Guérin; he fathered eight sons and one daughter. He moved to Beaubassin with his family in 1686. The Arsenaults residing in the Evangeline Region are all descendants of four of his sons.    

Time to head uptown to J's Cafe for our Thursday night group.

Lynn