December 22, 2021

Marcia Donahue ~ An Octopus' Garden in Winter

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Photos by Styrous®       
        

Seven years ago, Tom and I along with our friends from Barcelona, Ana Briongos and Toni Alsina, visited the spellbinding garden of sculptor Marcia Donahue in Berkeley on a warm August afternoon (link below).       
 
Ana and Toni are here again for Christmas and they wanted to revisit the garden. What could be a better way to celebrate the holiday on a cold winter day? So, off we trekked to her house. Marcia was out of town but her daughter was there and the garden was open, so, we entered Marcia's fantasy world.     


 Toni Alsina, Ana Briongos & Tom White


Although there aren't any, for some reason, when I am in her garden, I think of the 1969 song by The Beatles, Octopus' Garden, which was written by Ringo Starr. It's a bouncy, happy song that always makes me feel good when I listen to it. It's been covered by everyone, almost, in every form imaginable, even a ukulele group (links below); now that I think about it, I wonder why Tiny Tim didn't.       


        

 
 
 

 
 









 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 































       
Viewfinder links:       
        
Toni Alsina            
all things Beatles       
Ana Briongos       
Christmas 2021             
Marcia Donahue        
Ringo Starr          
Tom White       
        
Net links:       
View from a Berkeley Optimist ~ Quirky Berkeley walk       
Weird Homes ~ Art Garden       
Works & Conversations ~ An Anti-Ivory Tower Device: Donahue Interview    
        
YouTube links:       
                 
The Beatles ~   
       Octopus' Garden            
       Octopus's Garden Composition Session (January 6 & 23, 1969)   
       Octopus' Garden (isolated guitars & piano)           
       Octopus' Garden (isolated vocals)           
       Octopus' Garden (live 2005)           
       Octopus' Garden (lyrics)            
       Octopus's Garden (Punk Cover)        
BEAT-LELE - Octopus's Garden (Ukulele Tribute)        
Evergreen EMU ~ Octopus's Garden (a-Capella version)        
Friends School of Baltimore 6th Grade Zoom - Octopus's Garden   
The Hit Crew ~ Octopus's Garden (instrumental version)       
Karaoke version - Octopus's Garden         
Muppets - Octopus's Garden         
Raffi - Octopus's Garden        
Mr. Yen's 2nd grade interpretation - Octopus's Garden       
       
       
       
 
 
 
 
Styrous®, Wednesday, December 22, 2021         
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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