Pictures, Mainly

And a magical visitor and an invitation....

June has been a flurry of fireflies, snapping turtles, escaping goats and marvelous visitors, including Houston-based artist Li(sa E.) Harris, master of improvisation, earth-mindedness and the theramin. For those of you not so familiar with electronica, the theramin is an electric instrument developed in the 1920’s which is played without physical contact. You wave your hands in the electromagnetic field between two antennae to control pitch and volume. Utterly magical. As was Li. Last Thursday, she volunteered her time to lead a workshop for our people. They loved her. And she loved them. She said they were better students than her students at Harvard—a fascinating subject that I will explore in more detail in another post… after I finish my novel. More on both of those things—Harvard v. Lonely Worm Farm and my novel—later. For now, I give you pictures.

Li leading her workshop in the Felix House Gallery.

Friends from Wraparound Servcies came for a picnic. Here they are, embarking on our grass-matted pathway.

Weaving a map of the Everyone Garden

Detail of Jason helping a snapping turtle get past our goat fence.

Transporting the turtle in a wheelbarrow as the gate was rather far.

I mean, those eyes. She didn’t seem to mind the wheelbarrow.

Zach and Kristin selling scapes and eggs at our pop up shop in Red Hook. We are there every Friday if you’re nearby.

Bladder Campion in the field

Dewdrops on the first of June

Me, talking the goats into returning to their paddock.

And an invitation for our Hudson Valley neighbors: Our annual reading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is coming up on June 27. It’s a super fun night… fairies, flowers, fireflies and more. RSVP here.