Wednesday 17 March 2010: Jennifer Juniper
Daffodils from Mother's Day.
Jennifer Juniper lives upon the hill,
Jennifer Juniper, sitting very still.
Is she sleeping? I don't think so.
Is she breathing? Yes, very low.
Whatcha doing, Jennifer, my love?
Jennifer Juniper
Donovan
When I was 18 I lived in upstate New York (in Rochester to be precise) with my family for 6 months. My dad worked for Kodak and got a transfer from the UK to the US because of the research he was doing.
In the US there used to be (and quite possibly still are, I don't know) a lot of 'garage sales' - like a jumble sale in the UK but where all the stuff for sale comes from one household. We seemed to spend a lot of time at garage sales, at least that's how it seems to me now! Two of the things I recall buying were an old fashioned record player (you know... one of those square box-shaped ones) and a copy of The Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan.
I have no idea why I bought that particular record - I suspect it was the only record that was for sale! Like much of Donovan's work, it's very variable. In the main I prefer his more frivolous stuff, of which Jennifer Juniper isn't a bad example.
I was originally thinking of Mellow Yellow when I took this shot but looking around on Spotify I realise that track isn't on the album :-)
Comments
Beautiful image!! a brilliant blip!
~ flashead
This is beautiful and I remember Donovan well -- "The Hurdy Gurdy Man," "Jennifer Juniper," and "Mellow Yellow." His sound is unique and all his own. Rosie (& Mr. Fun), aka
~ Carol
It's been garage sale season here lately - some people do quite well out of it. Lovely yellows
~ FirehorseMia
Lovely! Simply magic... thanks
~ Zman53
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