true indigo life: August 2010

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Hot Time, Summer in the City

A trip to NYC in August. It wasn't as hot as you might think. We had a mellow visit and a super yummy meal.

A break 1/2 way to the city.

A little bridge on the way.

Tobyhanna Falls.

A picnic near the falls.

When you are famous and live in NYC, you have personal Pez designed after you.

City cat.

Harry's, al fresco.

Beautiful summer meal.

Central Park, Strawberry Fields.

Upper East Side near the Guggenheim.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

The Grange Fair (Centre Co. Burning Man)

Throngs of individuals are drawn together annually in Centre Hall not so much for creative expression but still one last hurrah of summer. Rather than make the trip to The Burning Man this year, we opted for a local venue.

Just like @ Burning Man, there are many creative dwellings. Some reflect the starry skies, each show individual personalities.

Walking down the esplanade mixing in anonymously is a little more challenging for some.

Merchants show off their wares.

Deities and religious icons make regular appearances.

A large variety of food vendors .

Even drugs of all kinds, be wise and wary.

This charming couple chose wisely, no deep fried cookies on a stick for them.

Plenty of things to bring a genuine smile...

...again and again.

Innovative transportation to inspire you to take the experience home with you and carry you through out the rest of the year.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Full Sturgeon Moon

Full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. There was some variation in the moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior.

European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. Since the lunar month is only 29 days long on the average, the full Moon dates shift from year to year.

The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this month’s moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month.

A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because, as the moon rises, it appears reddish through any sultry haze. It was also called the Green Corn Moon
or Grain Moon.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Fun with the El Seez

This Land is Your Land

words and music by Woody Guthrie

Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!

Chorus

In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

Chorus (2x)

©1956 (renewed 1984), 1958 (renewed 1986) and 1970 TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (
BMI)