Grass

What is its name? I am afraid I do not know. I only enjoy the way it looks, all feathery and in a colour I like.

Bamboo

If days could be described in terms of flowers, plants or trees, then today must belong to the Bamboo - A sunny, peaceful Sunday that comes once in seven days. A day of rest, a day of retreating into one's thoughts and a day when the sounds are like those of the rustling bamboo leaves.

Do bamboos flower? I have never seen bamboo flowers. A friend who was working on her masters' dissertation in Biology years back told me that her research was to see how to induce flowering in bamboo plants. I hope she met with success. I never thought to ask her when I saw her recently in Taiwan. Next time, there will always be a next time.

Grass and jewels

Against the bright sunlight, these stalks of humble grass assume a glamourous look - something that the ordinary eye is unable to record.
Berries of the MacArthur Palm - jewels of the palms.

Grass - Interlude

I am amazed that the humble grass that I sat on is capable of producing such a complicated looking flower. Thanks to the advancements in digital photography, I am able to admire it so closely, not a possibility when I was a kid unless I went around with a giant magnifying glass.