Scanner art by Craig Cramer, gardening & more
Acoustic version of a (very subversive) song from the gypsy punks’ forthcoming release (July 10) Super Taranta. String theory, religion and schizophrenia as only Gogol Bordello can do.
Approximate lyrics from mp3 of studio version (they’re different in live YouTube):
From the maelstrom of the knowledge
Into labyrinth of doubt
Frozen underground ocean
Melting milking on my mind
Kill me, everything theory
Without Nazi uniformity
Opening song from Bonaroo Festival last weekend.
A few weeks ago, I was shocked when driving through Collegetown to see that Patrick Dougherty’s sculptures had been ‘de-installed’ apparently while I was away in Florida back in early May. I was hoping to get a few pieces as keepsakes, or maybe enough to build something. Patrick told me that the remenants of his sculptures made good material for funky little fences or wattles because they dried into interesting shapes. Â The only image I have is courtesy of Elly’s co-worker Aaron Birkland, who happened by with his cellphone camera during the mayhem.
Oh well.
I’m late to the party again. Sorry. Seems like it wasn’t long ago that I had to scour the garden to come up with a single scan. Now I just pick a couple themes and fill three scans without covering half of what’s flowering.
Mostly pinks and purples: Peonies, bearded iris, bearberry, violas, dame’s rocket, pinks, willow.
Mostly whites: goatsbeard, nectoscordum, persicaria, daisies, violas, bishops weed, arrowwood, anemone, columbine.
Mostly grays: artemisia, Scotch thistle, verbascum, plume poppy, hosta, lambs ears, begonia.
Did I mention we have sunsets? It ain’t Key West. Â But former resident folkie Mark Rust wrote the unofficial Ithaca anthem Old Ithaca Sunset. (Unfortunately, there’s no audio online that I can find).
Ours are still good even though we lack the lake view.  This is the first one I’ve ever tried to shoot.  Guess I’ll have to keep trying.
Here’s a blossom that I saw for the first time last night. Any guesses? If I was GardenRant, I’d have swag to give away to the first person with the right ID. But then I’d also have to be sure that I knew the genus/species/cultivar. This one I only know to genus.
It’s a little smaller than a golf ball, and I had to bend it up to shoot it. (The face naturally points straight down to the ground. If you’re stumped and want a huge hint, you can see the whole plant here.
Wikipedia has a great profile of the genus.
