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[thistlelurid]

07.07.07!

also, thems that tend the yard and who will forever now be referred to as
"the complete and utter bastards"...mowed down my sunflowers, Ive discovered.

they were thriving and filled me with glee.....
their topless stems, tattered, remain.

a pox on them.

my tomatoes... and other tasty friends...

Comments

[enoughrope]

Whee! Some of my little toms are starting to turn orangey now - so exciting!

[thistlelurid]

[colombenoire]

Who in the world consciously mows down a blooming sunflower?! ARGH.

The tomatoes, though, are looking very well. I love the smell of fresh tomatoes.. by August the vines themselves have a scent!

[thistlelurid]

They were wee, love.........BUT I had a small handmade fence around them....so it was malicious and lazy. The worst part??? I was home friday when they were working on the yard....and we HEARD them back there....but theyve avoided them for two months......so I wasnt worried. :( I was so crushed this evening.....I wanted to cry.

When I was wiring them p tonight my hands were left with the musty smell of earth and stem.....I havent washed them.......it has faded but still lingers.....it's wonderful.

[jermynsavile]

I was wandering home one night after work - a circuitous route, as is my wont, via St James's Park and the National Gallery - and came across a whole host of machines like this. They weren't powered by wind, but could be propelled into movement by a small gesture (there were children aged 5 or so in charge of huge twenty foot constructions, their eyes wide-open with the wonder of what they were doing). It was a magical moment, surrounded by these huge insect-like things, each having its own personality and idiosyncracies.

[jermynsavile]

PS So sorry to hear about the sunflowers... but the smell and flavour of the tomatoes go some way to compensating!

[thistlelurid]

I attempted to do a search for the sculptures that you commented about but couldnt find anything...at least not visuals. Im intrigued!!

[jermynsavile]

It appears, from frantic googling, that what I saw was Theo Jansen's Strandbeesten on a tour of London (courtesy of the ICA in June 2006). Without any wind to play with that summer day it seems that it was possible to propel them into motion by hand. They were quite astonishing and, having read and seen your links above, I wish I'd spent more time with them. I had no idea that they could move by themselves. I love the idea of their being left alone in communities. What a vision!

[dorjejaguar]

Those windy moving things are wonderful! Thanks for posting em.

You know, I think some of them "gardeners" are just sadists in disguise.
I've lived in houses where the landlord had a service come in once a week or every two weeks where invariably they'd trim back the bushes till there were hardly any leaves. It was frightening.
Recently when the new owners had some people come in they just straight chopped down some bushes and just left the odd stick poking outta the side of the stump. It looks like some cruel joke. I don't get it. A perfectly good rhododendron gone while others didn't get cut down and still stand. Yah, I don't get it.

I wonder if it would make any difference if you planted your sunflowers in containers. Perhaps they would leave em alone if they were in pots or boxes.

Here's some flowers to hold you till others can come fill your day.

[thistlelurid]

Ill get over it. They were just doing so well...and I had grown them from seeds. :(

[dorjejaguar]

I understand completely.

[goutwort]

Woah, thanks for posting those wind sculptures. That guy's amazing. I think what I like most about him is how he doesn't smile when he watches his sculptures in action.

[thistlelurid]

he's very serious, yes! :)