still thrilling

bamboo, while clearly not native, is often used in landscaping here in the languedoc. and, as a northerner, i get a thrill each and every time i see it. so slender and straight. so elegant and foreign. just enough vegetation to create a visual screen, but open enough to let through a breeze. perhaps a stand of aspens would be the equivalent in the north. which now has me wondering: does bamboo, like aspen, make a subtle rattling sound as the wind moves through its shimmering leaves? i guess it’s time to find out.

bamboo