Driving into Sutton the other day, I saw where the cut grasses from the sides of the road had been swirled about by Irene's rains leaving garlands along the roadside. In places they were on top of the Pampas grass, as we call it; while in other spots the flow of the water had helped the grasses form structures like nests. I have tried to give you an idea of the garlands [bottom photos] wich I find very moving. it's as if the grasses had memory of their time in the water.
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| Flood grasses |
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| Garlands of grasses |
Mother Nature's textiles
ReplyDeleteHi Kari, amazing aren't they, there is such a sense of woven, while in the spring, just after the snow melts, the grasses have the sense of felted.
ReplyDeletegosh what amazing patterns! how can human hands compete with that!
ReplyDeleteHi Ronnie, I know what you mean, sometimes I wonder why we try but I love making things.
ReplyDeleteAmazing images Liz - both of what nature can achieve and what nature can do. They are remnants of a torrent; yet are beautiful in their own right. Complicated, but so glad you noticed them...
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing something like this in New Orleans after Katrina. They are beautiful, almost like grasses.
ReplyDeleteThanks Fiona and Jo, 2 weeks later and they are still there. It will be interesting to see how they look next spring when the grasses they are garlanding, is that a word? are bent over from snow.
ReplyDeleteJo, We were so lucky here, very little damage unlike the southern states after Katerina or the northern states after Irene.
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