Marcia Donahue ~ An Octopus' Garden in Winter

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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          

Tiny Tim

Tom White       

        

Net links:       

       

Berkeleyside ~ How Quirky is Berkeley? Marcia Donahue’s amazing world    

Danger Garden ~ Where I return to the garden of Marcia Donahue    

Digging ~ Sculpture and found objects mingle in Marcia Donahue’s garden      

Fine Gardening ~ A Definition of Vertical Gardening – Marcia Donahue    

Marin Art & Garden Center ~ An impossible hybrid in the gardens   

Pacific Horticulture ~ Marcia’s Garden: a Conversation       

SF Gate ~ Berkeley sculpture garden constantly changing             

Succulents & More ~ Serendipity in the jungle: Marcia Donahue’s art garden       

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 ~   

       How The Beatles Made Octopus's Garden     

       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)        

Marcia Donahue's Fantasy Garden       

Marcia Donahue's Garden of Earthly Delights        

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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