May Day in the marsh

[asakiyume]

This is a secret world



Where you can find marsh marigolds, tussock sedge, and skunk cabbage







I went for a brief walk here with Wakanomori. Birds came and talked to us at eye level, little frogs jumped into the water. It was lovely.

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In other news, I dreamed of a tree with a growth habit and leaves like a black locust, but a trunk and branches that were segmented like bamboo, and smooth green like bamboo, only the joints, instead of being flush with the surface and pale colored, were BLACK and stood out from the surface as if they were arm rings or bangles that the trunk and branches were wearing. In my dream I stroked the smooth surface of the trunk and branches and the smooth, raised black joints and thought, What a remarkable tree--I have to look up what it is.

But of course it was a dream. It doesn't exist :(

However, when I searched--just in case--"black jointed bamboo," I discovered a type of black bamboo (but with pale joints) called Bambusa lako... Timor black bamboo. TIMOR.

It's very beautiful.



Also, I finished translating my Timorese acquaintance's story, and we sent it to Strange Horizons. Hopefully they accept it!

Comments

[osprey_archer]

That black bamboo is magnificent.

I hope Strange Horizons accepts the translated story!

[pjthompson]

It is quite beautiful!

[maplemood]

That dream tree sounds beautiful! Best of luck on the story. :)

[sartorias]

Black bamboo is so dramatic!

I love the secret world.

Good luck with the story!

[sovay]

May Day in the marsh

It's beautiful. Thank you.

The bamboo is extraordinary. Good luck at Strange Horizons!

[ellenmillion]

So beautiful!

[wayfaringwordhack]

Gorgeous bamboo.

I think I have mentioned this long, long ago, but there is this tiny stand of bamboo* just outside of Hell-Bourg** on Reunion Island that I long to go back and photograph because all of my photos were lost when our hard drive was stolen. Maybe someday... But knowing all the places there are to visit in this world, I don't know that we will ever make it back to that wondrous place.

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* It was a large green type of bamboo, but the stems (about 4 inches in diameter) were so many different pastel colors.

**and while there I would try to recapture the beautiful, atmospheric photos I had taken of the cemetery.

[anna_wing]

If you are ever in Singapore, possibly en route to Dili, there is a little stand of it in the Singapore Botanic Garden.

[cmcmck]

Reminds me of places not far from here! :o)

[mallorys_camera]

Pretty, pretty secret place.

Fingers crossed for the story! 😀

[amaebi]

Wow, that bamboo is staggering!

And I hold my thumbs for the submission!

Have you looked at horsetails at all?

[minoanmiss]

I love the black bamboo ever so.