tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post2021067851161615061..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Morning bambooRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-40480819297583770602010-06-20T06:03:52.753-04:002010-06-20T06:03:52.753-04:00Thank you, and welcome, RichieNJ!Thank you, and welcome, <b>RichieNJ</b>!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-48816831962643906172010-06-20T06:02:09.788-04:002010-06-20T06:02:09.788-04:00Boots, I have not seen Flying Daggers, but it must...<b>Boots</b>, I have not seen <i>Flying Daggers</i>, but it must be at least as good as <i>Crouching Tiger</i>, if you've seen it that many times. <br /><br />Bamboo is so aesthetically gorgeous in its natural state, I'm glad it's welcome in its exuberance!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-79918553209352984442010-06-14T13:00:23.954-04:002010-06-14T13:00:23.954-04:00Awesome collection of photos! I am so mad about ba...Awesome collection of photos! I am so mad about bamboo and found your page on a random search. Beautiful! Thank you!!RichieNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05403938186449694303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-51729962742178729732010-06-14T08:03:10.674-04:002010-06-14T08:03:10.674-04:00I wonder if you ever saw The House of Flying Dagge...I wonder if you ever saw <i>The House of Flying Daggers</i>, Ruth? I have seen it more often than <i>Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon</i>. I LOVE the bamboo trees...so pliable and versatile. I love how you have shown so many possibilities for uses here...but not the torture implements. Yesterday we were in one of The Netherland's greatest public gardens and loved the Asia section...because of all the bamboo. It grows so quickly, so in Atlanta it is often used as a hedge between properties. I see I'm jumping all around from one thing to another...kinda like flying on the wind through the trees. :)Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-83034079435378598152010-06-12T04:36:34.546-04:002010-06-12T04:36:34.546-04:00Hi, Willow ~ I know, it's simple and perfect.Hi, <b>Willow</b> ~ I know, it's simple and perfect.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58761066136215426322010-06-12T04:31:28.387-04:002010-06-12T04:31:28.387-04:00Vagabonde, the way bamboo grows, maybe North Ameri...<b>Vagabonde</b>, the way bamboo grows, maybe North America will soon be covered with it. That would be fine. We could cook with more bamboo vessels, make more flooring, ride lightweight bicycles made of it, and paint sumie. <br /><br />Oh, Don just finished his last day of school for the summer, and one of his mom's gave him a cookbook called 50 GREAT CURRIES OF INDIA. Maybe I should get a bamboo steamer. We have several good Asian markets in East Lansing because we have so many international students at the university.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-51385081202478899062010-06-12T04:26:54.307-04:002010-06-12T04:26:54.307-04:00Jeanie, I had no idea what a sumie was, so I googl...<b>Jeanie</b>, I had no idea what a sumie was, so I googled, and it's the art of painting with brush strokes, as in the bamboo paintings. Thank you, sensei. :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-51007708415480186402010-06-12T04:23:55.725-04:002010-06-12T04:23:55.725-04:00Pat, I know! I don't remember seeing bamboo gr...<b>Pat</b>, I know! I don't remember seeing bamboo growing up in Michigan. I wonder when it started getting brought to other places, like here in Michigan.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8341802442016357022010-06-09T22:55:58.491-04:002010-06-09T22:55:58.491-04:00I love the Bruce Lee quote!I love the Bruce Lee quote!Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-15356493151154976062010-06-08T22:52:33.692-04:002010-06-08T22:52:33.692-04:00When we were at the Cherokee Indian Reservation la...When we were at the Cherokee Indian Reservation last summer we walked into a path with tall bamboos on both sides – it felt like a bamboo forest. (I showed the pictures in my 4/4/10 post on Cherokee market.) I do like bamboo a lot. When we moved into our house we placed bamboo wall paper in the entrance hall. Now my daughters say we need to change it as it is dated. My youngest daughter’s mother in law is from the state of Kerala in India, she makes several dishes in her bamboo utensils. I don’t know how she cooks in them, but it is delicious. Last time we went there she had 4 different types of curries. <br />Your illustrations are very nice.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-91856024065712213522010-06-08T16:33:34.585-04:002010-06-08T16:33:34.585-04:00OK -- try again -- I clicked out before the verifi...OK -- try again -- I clicked out before the verification word! Anyway, love the spots of your world you showed -- that's beautiful! And, all the other photos, too. Love the sumie -- and a bamboo bike -- I never knew!Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-34374488446472629692010-06-08T12:44:03.805-04:002010-06-08T12:44:03.805-04:00What a beautiful and interesting post! I love the ...What a beautiful and interesting post! I love the dew drops on the bamboo leaves, and that photo of the bamboo bar in Vietnam with the reflection in the water is just stunning. I thought bamboo was only grown in China till I saw a whole group of bamboo trees/bushes where we were camping in IL. I was very surprised!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756564685282866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-30887717549027493702010-06-08T07:45:24.560-04:002010-06-08T07:45:24.560-04:00Oh, CottageGirl, too bad about your comment.
Tha...Oh, <b>CottageGirl</b>, too bad about your comment. <br /><br />Thank you, it is amazing to me too how the more we dig and remember, and learn, there is no end to the wonders of bamboo. I love it!<br /><br />It's good to see you again.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-79009114783641813452010-06-08T07:34:26.137-04:002010-06-08T07:34:26.137-04:00Hi, Arti, yes, these are bamboo Don planted from s...Hi, <b>Arti</b>, yes, these are bamboo Don planted from starts a friend gave him. They seem to be fully established this year (after first planting maybe 3 years ago?), and are just exploding. I don't think we'll ever have a forest like in the movie, but seeing them start to fill out this space between us and our neighbor's pole barn makes me happy. :)<br /><br />Sometimes I think we in the modern age are "learning" what others have known thousands of years. We're so arrogant!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-79074662364917381172010-06-08T07:04:36.114-04:002010-06-08T07:04:36.114-04:00Oliag, oh! Another bamboo song. :) I guess we'...<b>Oliag</b>, oh! Another bamboo song. :) I guess we're all singing its praises here, it's song-worthy, that's for sure. <br /><br />No, we haven't tried eating the shoots. I should look up how to harvest them and try.<br /><br />The spot where our bamboo is growing is a half moon we'd like to fill up with it, so we're ok with it being invasive. This year it is really going crazy. It took maybe 3 years to really establish itself.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-53311956264517754762010-06-08T06:35:42.938-04:002010-06-08T06:35:42.938-04:00Deborah, google was my research, and it was fun. B...<b>Deborah</b>, google was my research, and it was fun. But there are many bamboo items I didn't remember, which commenters have reminded me of. It seems to be the miracle plant!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-78468141562171525172010-06-07T22:44:24.254-04:002010-06-07T22:44:24.254-04:00This post is heavenly! I absolutely love bamboo; I...This post is heavenly! I absolutely love bamboo; I even like to eat their shoots. <br /><br />The artwork you selected is splendid - especially your inverted shot. <br /><br />I'm seeing bamboo floors replacing oak and maple floors here. It's attractive and bamboo forests are more easily replenished. Those zig-zaggy chairs would look great on a bamboo floor. I wonder if they are flexible and have a fun bounce to them? <br /><br />The idea of a bamboo bike is genius - light and strong. I remember seeing bamboo scaffolding all over Hong Kong. I understand that the "technology" is being brought stateside because they are more economical and just as safe and useful as our traditional steel ones here. <br /><br />rauf's portrait is arresting.<br /><br />I would like to sip a lychee martini inside the bamboo bar in Viet Nam. A yummy ending to a delicious post.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-64272323830581437162010-06-07T22:03:09.333-04:002010-06-07T22:03:09.333-04:00Oh! I commented yesterday, but it got lost in blo...Oh! I commented yesterday, but it got lost in bloggerland ...<br /><br />I love how you stared with the simplicity of the bamboo in your yard and then taking it all the way up the ladder to art forms in furniture and architecture. Wonderful post!CottageGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544266302604094446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-57058729484889442452010-06-07T20:43:44.697-04:002010-06-07T20:43:44.697-04:00Wonderful post, Ruth! Brings back memories for me...Wonderful post, Ruth! Brings back memories for me. As I grew up in Hong Kong, bamboo was more for function than aeshetics. Most common were bamboo chopsticks. They could stand very high heat. And then there were bamboo mats which we slept on during many hot nights. There were of course bamboo fans. And I'd often seen skillful workers building those bamboo scaffoldings many storeys high. No Cirque de Soleil acrobats could match their courage and expertise. Their occupation was later banned due to danger. I love your Bruce Lee quote. He was right ... bamboo is an apt metaphor for flexibility and resilience... the fusion of gentleness and strength.<br /><br />P.S. Are those bamboos right in your farm?Artihttp://rippleeffects.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-83498609934485644092010-06-07T13:57:12.008-04:002010-06-07T13:57:12.008-04:00Such an amazing, versatile plant...it is interesti...Such an amazing, versatile plant...it is interesting to see it being used so widely in the US now as a sustainable, fast growing plant. It used to seem so exotic and now I notice it growing here and there in RI...and hear complaints about how invasive it is. I think it is beautiful and I don't know why I haven't planted any yet...I also wonder if we could eat the bamboo shoots grown here..Have you tried?.<br /><br />...So many things to think and say about bamboo but my favorite part of your post are your photos...Each and every one is beautiful...<br /><br />Just remembered...While vacationing in Antigua, Mr O and I were once serenaded with a VERY bawdy song titled "The Big Bamboo":)GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58151673652080822402010-06-07T11:51:00.113-04:002010-06-07T11:51:00.113-04:00This is an amazing post - you certainly did your r...This is an amazing post - you certainly did your research, Ruth. I love the Chinese house and want to have one just like it. <br />I wish bamboo would grow in either of my two places - but it's too dry in both cases. Such a wonderful plant.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-27803036259264093652010-06-07T08:05:36.055-04:002010-06-07T08:05:36.055-04:00Pauline, yes fabric, clothing! The beauty of bambo...<b>Pauline</b>, yes fabric, clothing! The beauty of bamboo keeps giving and giving.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-73575926966625230622010-06-07T08:01:57.361-04:002010-06-07T08:01:57.361-04:00Peter, bamboo shoots are delicious.
I wonder if b...<b>Peter</b>, bamboo shoots are delicious.<br /><br />I wonder if bamboo can be seen in some of the innovative gardens of Paris.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-60244269136076817022010-06-07T07:54:17.099-04:002010-06-07T07:54:17.099-04:00I meant that the dizi is bamboo, not the rawap and...I meant that the dizi is bamboo, not the rawap and erhu, although maybe they could be too, why not?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-59227015578995835602010-06-07T07:53:25.372-04:002010-06-07T07:53:25.372-04:00Dear DS, may I confess to you that I did not get t...Dear <b>DS</b>, may I confess to you that I did not get to that part of the Met? I saw very little of it, mainly the American Woman exhibit, and the Temple of Dendur. I did adore the Asian textiles at the Natural History museum the trip before last. Now I have reason to go back to the Met with a focus on the Chinese scrolls.<br /><br />And flutes! I didn't think of them either (there's no end to what I didn't think of apparently), or that the music in the video might be played by one. I'm listening now. I googled the soundtrack a bit and did find that the <i>dizi</i> is involved, made of bamboo, along with the <i>rawap</i> and <i>erhu</i>, both stringed instruments.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com