{"id":3726,"date":"2014-12-21T13:52:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T21:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2014-12-21T13:52:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T21:52:53","slug":"black-bamboo-and-other-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3726","title":{"rendered":"Black Bamboo and Other Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I went to visit a friend who offered to let me take some cuttings of his black bamboo. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BlackBambooIMG_1087.jpg\" alt=\"Black Bamboo Detail\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cuttings are nearly 9&#8242; long.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BlackBambooIMG_1078.jpg\" alt=\"Black Bamboo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found loads of cypress pods. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CypressPodsIMG_1080.jpg\" alt=\"Cypress Pods\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I found a piece of mesh that has pant parts growing through it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MeshIMG_1083.jpg\" alt=\"Mesh\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a piece of twisted wood.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/TwistIMG_1084.jpg\" alt=\"Twisted Wood\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also found some cuttings from a cypress that sustained storm damage. I am thinking that it would be fun to shred the wood and bind it to the exterior of a box.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/NewMaterialsIMG_1085.jpg\" alt=\"New Materials\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then I noticed a cypress was weeping. It was sad, but lovely. And a bit sticky\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/WeepingCypressIMG_2078.jpg\" alt=\"Weeping Cypress\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n<p>On the way home, stopped by to see the goats. They are working goats. They have been tasked with clearing a field near the airport. Apparently it was break time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/GoatsIMG_2091.jpg\" alt=\"Goats\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the goats wears a bell.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/GoatWBellIMG_2090.jpg\" alt=\"Goat Wearing Bell\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today there was even a watch dog. He gave a long deep howl.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/WatchDogIMG_2085.jpg\" alt=\"Watch Dog\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now it is studio time.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I went to visit a friend who offered to let me take some cuttings of his black bamboo. The cuttings are nearly 9&#8242; long. I found loads of cypress pods. I found a piece of mesh that has pant parts growing through it. And a piece of twisted wood. I also found some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=3726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Black Bamboo and Other Finds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,24,30,15,4,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-fiber","category-gardens","category-materials","category-observations","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3726"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3739,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions\/3739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}