Blog entries - July 2007

Van Cortlandt Manor gardens in the NYTimes

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OK, so this is really late notice (10 days late, yeesh), but I would be remiss if I didn't point out, for those of you who missed it, that the gardens of Van Cortlandt Manor are given huge play in an article in the Escapes section of the July 13 New York Times.

Titled "The Hudson Valley's Fields of Joy," the excellent article by Judy Dobrzynski includes profiles and pretty pictures of five worthy gardens to visit in the Hudson Valley.

Van Cortlandt gets a gre [...]

Calling all Deadheads (Blaze 2006 on YouTube, redux)

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Take 3,000 hand-carved pumpkins, mix them with "Werewolves of London" being covered by The Grateful Dead, spin the images this way and that, and you have the beginnings of a clever YouTube video, as Tim Duquette shows us.

No dancing bears but there are dancing skeletons.

Personally, I prefer Warren Zevon's classic, but the Dead do have a certain charm. Pumpkins, of course, are always charming. Check it out and let me know what ya think.

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From a tiny seed (sans salt), springs fall eternal

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Maybe the hardest thing about planting pumpkins is not succumbing to the urge to toast, salt, and munch ALL the seeds before you get them in the ground.

The folks at Wallkill View Farm, however, where Historic Hudson Valley gets pound after pound of pumpkin for The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, seem to [...]

Can this possibly be hand-carved?

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A typical Jack O�Lantern might not seem like that big of a deal for someone to create, especially if they are already blessed with an artistic eye. But some of the more radical, intricate designs on display at The Great Jack O�Lantern Blaze just defy belief. Can an abstract �Celtic knot� actually be hand-carved? Or are [...]

Blaze 2006 on YouTube!

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Nothing gets us more excited about the coming 2007 Blaze than watching footage from last year's event. Thanks to YouTube, viewers from across the globe can relive (or live) the experience. Here's one excellent example we uncovered. Long live pumpkins!

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So this is how it all begins...

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