Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Bamboo & Hummingbird



I saw my one and only bamboo grove during our Kamakura trip. Imagined Ziyi Zhang (in House of Flying Daggers) up there in the branches, fighting off the imperial troops. (As director Zhang Yimou is said to have remarked: "Bamboo groves are an inextricable part of martial arts films. It is as though you have to fight in the bamboo forest before you can be considered a true warrior.")

At Tokei-ji we saw the tiniest hummingbird ever. At first we thought that it was a bumblebee, but no: a hummingbird. Although I’m really not equipped to take bird pix I did my best.

Featured Comment: From Hali--If you click on the hummingbird picture, you can really see it much better.

[Update: Not a hummingbird! It's a moth!]

Photos: Bamboo Grove—Kamakura, 2008; Hummingbird, Tokei-ji—Kamakura, 2008

1 comment:

Hali said...

If you click on the hummingbird picture, you can really see it much better.