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December 22, 2021
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.
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.
Net links:
Berkeleyside ~ How Quirky is Berkeley? Marcia Donahue’s amazing world
Danger Garden ~ Where I return to the garden of Marcia Donahue
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
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 ~
Octopus's Garden Composition Session (January 6 & 23, 1969)
Octopus' Garden (isolated guitars & piano)
Octopus' Garden (lyrics) Octopus's Garden (Punk Cover)
BEAT-LELE - Octopus's Garden (Ukulele Tribute)
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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