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May Day in the marsh
May. 1st, 2022 05:16 pmThis 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.
( large photo )
Also, I finished translating my Timorese acquaintance's story, and we sent it to Strange Horizons. Hopefully they accept it!
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.
-------
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.
( large photo )
Also, I finished translating my Timorese acquaintance's story, and we sent it to Strange Horizons. Hopefully they accept it!
