There are few things more calming than the soft green of bamboo, the rustle of the leaves way above and the scent of warm damp earth beneath. Unless you're tied to the floor above some fast growing shoots in the cliffhanger of a wartime comic strip. Battle Action Comic, I think that was in. Late 1970s, and very un-PC, but I remember the determined grimace on the commando's face quite vividly...
This is one of the images I've had on display this week as a large print, and it's proved very popular. It was taken in Tuscany, which has suprised a few people, on the edges of the Parco di Pinocchio in Collodi - a fantastic, unspoiled 1950s theme park based on the original Pinocchio story. I was familiar with the Disney version, and found the dark, dark nature of the original. The park is filled with artworks, mostly sculpture based on characters from the book, and original 1950s rides. Well worth a visit! It's also shielded from the outside world by a this wonderful bamboo, some of which has graffiti carved into it, stretched and distorted by the swift growth of the bamboo stalks.
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