Rock Candy by TwoPynts
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" Oh the buzzin' of the bees In the peppermint trees 'Round the soda water fountain At the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings On the big rock candy mountain" -BRCM lyrics by Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
Funny, growing up I never realized that The Big Rock Candy Mountain song was about a bum's paradise. They lyrics are pretty interesting and you can view all of the published ones HERE. Wikipedia has some interesting history on it as well, including original, uncensored lyrics. Funny how words can take on a life of their own, isn't it? Anyway, that is what sprang to mind when I saw this Chihuly sculpture at Fairchild Garden in Miami. As a boy, one of my favorite candies was the simple stick of rock candy. If I had one this size in my youth, I would have been the most popular kid in school! To answer some a question, no, it is not a permanent exhibit. I caught it during the last weekend it was there. I was lucky that a coworker told me about it. The usual touchup postwork, plus a little extra in this one to remove the people and parked cars. ----- Thanks for your ship-shape comments on my last upload, Dali's Boat.
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Comments (26)
Valerie-Ducom
i love this one, is incredible !!! Fantastic landscape !!! Good day and kiss my friend ;)
Zacko
Is that a jell-o fountain? Whatever it is, i want it served right nooooow!!! LOOKS YUMMIE!!! #:o) Hey, were next to eachother. And guess what? I didnt get an ebot for your upload. I do every now and then, but most of the time i dont. Thought you should know. They definitly need to take a look at that. Have a great day bro. #:O)
Star4mation
Looks real cool :)
Hopalong
Hmmm, glint and sheen of rock candy, distorted lily pads, with a certain amount of projection, but somehow the background does not work (what to do? Relandscape--who did Versailles again, hehe). Never liked Rock Candy, maybe an occasional Jawbreaker...
nathalie06
Very lovely shot for a wonderful sculpture ! Very original, and yes, looks so yummieeeeeeee ! Love this colors in contrast with the vegetation. Have a good day.
Digimon
I'm gonna disagree, looks like a sticky clump of "Pop-rocks", the weirdest candy I have ever put in my mouth! : P Nice shot, though I agree with the Prof, there is something not quite right about the background? Is it the space ariund the sculpture? Or further out...Hemingway, excellent sculpture you've captured here!!
claudialee
The picture is great, but the words to the song made the whole post exceptional. Thank you for sharing. HUGS!!
rainbows
Well, I love everything about this :-) Colours, background, lily pads and your words. Tip top. Happy eventime to you and yours :-)
CDBrugg
and to think the song was written before they got around to rock 'crack' cocaine :-((
vlaaitje
just wonderful.....so colourfull
short_ribs
what a shot mate!!!! Excellent presentation! THanks for sharing! HOpe you have a great week!
Margana
There's a lake of gin/We can both jump in/And the handouts grow on bushes/In the new-mown hay/We can sleep all day/And the bars all have free lunches/Where the mail train stops/And there ain't no cops...Oh my!!!I had no idea.And it's CIGARETTE trees!Wow and I thought it was a kiddie song.Thanks Kortalouche.I love learning little known stuff like this.Excellent PW on the pic,btw.You totally can't tell there were cars or people in this.Must have been an awesome exhibit.Too bad it's not permanent.I'd love to see it sometime.Well done,my friend.It looks lovely.-M :^)PS I got an ebot for you but not Andreas.Go figure...and I see you had an upload I missed,too.Gonna check it out.
lgp692000
What an odd bit of sculpture and an excellent photo. Would have have one taken from the other side, I would be very interested in seeing it from another perspective.....Mark
pm_hackworth
Vote! Five stars!
ACS-001
Beautiful! The framing here is even better than your usual stuff. I can see from your recent choices in avatars that you're a Family Guy fan -- I found a video clip of the "regan smash" scene, you want me to send you the link?
jif3d
Those are really amazing Chilhuly sculptures, good enough to EAT ! IMO another angle, maybe from the top of the pedestal looking down ? kool capture Cheers
tmathise
Did you know there is a lost verse to this song? It was the last verse of the song, and was dropped for being too controversial. It goes like this; The punk rolled up his big blue eyes and said to the jocker, "Sandy, I've hiked and hiked and wandered too, but I ain't seen any candy. I've hiked and hiked till my feet are sore, and I'll be damned if I hike any more To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore On the Big Rock Candy Mountain. Believe it or not, it is true! Anyway, excellent photo and photography Kort! Have an awesome day my friend!
rayburg
Excellent shot and post work..can't tell there were peeps and cars there..Did you see your rayburgimalized pic yet???
PeeWee05
Love your compo and the feel to your shot. Lovely mood.
erlandpil
And again have you take a wonderfult image erland
hotracer2
Interesting display, great dialog:):):)
Chaos911
simply wonderful, one super piece of work!!! excellent!!!! :)
Valentin
Most beautiful dreamy image! Fantastic and full of mood!
Punaguy
Very unique little exhibit you have caught here, I'm sure I would have shot a card with these around. Man if you could get this in your mouth you would be the most popular kid around....jus' playin! Have a great day! Aloha!
BBarbs
WOW. Now that is cool !!! I want one of those for my backyard. lol. Really wonderful image. I think our birdies would love it as much as I do. :-) Superb !
RodsArt
That Rock Candy would last awhile. Nice shot & post.