man=carrot circus

Traditionally, on Labor Day weekend, 

we drive up and over the Rochester Gap to see

Bread and Puppet  perform in the amphitheatre

at Big Town Gallery.

Since Rochester was completely cut off from the world

by the ravaging floods of Irene,

Bread and Puppet had to give their fans 

quite a huge rain check.

Batman arrived last night, to join me in a little fall retreat.

We were delighted that the circus rescheduled for this weekend.

Don't you love these tall carrots on stilts?

 Here is a finger pointing puppet,

in honor of those in Washington, DC.

A banjo playing goat, who serenaded the audience.

The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant was shut

down by empowered granny protesters,

despite the best efforts of the NRC!

 This wild ape made quite an impression on the kids in the crowd!

There was a fabulous skit where "YES" and "NO" mellowed

into "MAYBE".

And a powerless point presentation on how to

help your company get back into "the black" simply 

by painting all of your products green.
There was also the signature moment of silence for
those killed and injured in Iraq and Afghanistan,
civilians and soldiers alike,
with a tally board noting the numbers.

Really, it turns out, the answer to the 

challenges in the world,

is to simply embrace your local carrot.

For both we humans and our carrot friends

all end up as dirt anyway.

 We like to support the puppeteers by buying some
 of their "cheap art" after the show.

This is our 2011 purchase,

newspaper and acrylic on cardboard.

To see posts about other performances click here and here.