Halloween passes, and the call for pumpkins takes a nosedive. Those that didn’t sell here are headed back from whence they came, LongShot Farms in Old Lyme, where they will be smashed open and fed to the cattle.
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Just in time for All Hallow’s Eve and the 75th anniversary of the Orson Welles radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel “War of the Worlds”, first published in 1898. The radio broadcast apparently frightened a number of people, but the “widespread panic” that supposedly ensued was overstated. Some people missed the opening which provided a context – that it was clearly a fiction – and the fake news broadcasts that subsequently followed did the rest. More info here.
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I imagine farmers – the practical lot they are – don’t spend much time with the notion that their work is also art. Yankee farmers in particular are an understated group and would scoff at the idea that they are artists, and their work installations. But it’s not a stretch to consider the efforts here in that way. Sure the palette is muted and the design not particularly original, but a design it surely is, and perhaps just this season’s nod to the old adage that “there is nothing new under the sun”.
John Snell comments:
“Many of the farmers I’ve known and worked with actually do take the time to see the art before them. I still remember vividly the red deck of the mower after cutting a field that contained buttercup in bright yellow bloom. An old farmer I knew in Michigan taught me to listen to the sound of corn seed sprouting out of the soil. Farmers live so close to the land day and night they often can’t help but see the beauty right in front of them. Enjoying your photography. Sorry I’ll miss the show at the Bryan Gallery in October but wish you all the best.“
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This breed is surprisingly docile around humans; they seemed more curious about my presence than fearful or aggressive (though they certainly had a pecking order amongst themselves).
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One of my favorite wildflowers ever, and one of the beautiful gifts of midsummer. Info on legend and lore can be found here and here.
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