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- From 2003: Imagination Ramble
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- From 2005: True Believers
- From 2008: Remaining in Motion
- From 2003: Elderhood
- From 2007: Stonehenge Ramble
- From 2002: Talk on the Wild Side
- From 2005: My Part in the Downfall of Ferdinand Marcos
- From 2003: Jichinsai
- From 2002: At the Clinic
- From 2004: Keys to the Kingdom
- From 2005: Twin Toddlers Take No Prisoners
- From 2006: Naked Breakfast
- From 2005: Monkeys Observe Brady Splitting Firewood
- From 2002: Aspirin
- From 2006: Still Life
- From 2007: Simple Vegetarian Recipes
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About Me
- Robert Brady
- Born and raised in upstate New York, traveled for a decade after college, lived in various places around the world, keeping a journal. Settled in Kyoto in 1980, moved to this mountainside above Lake Biwa in 1995. Started Pure Land Mountain in April 2002. Written and sidebar contents 2002~2015 copyright Robert Brady
7 comments:
We have it here and I have seen it on hikes. Guess I didn't really know what it was except to take pictures as it is lovely in spring and fall.
We have an infestation of Walking Stick bugs here, does that count? :)
Been a while since I had time to stop and visit with you...Glad to see you are still blogging and had not given up as most of my favorites have. We have a devil's walking stick here but it looks nothing like that. Ours are tall about 6' and have HUGE umbrella like leaves and thorns about 1 inch long up and down it's stem.
Hi Mary Lou, nice to hear from you, visited your blog, understand you've been busy! That plant you describe is taranome exactly. Look for some smaller ones around,too. The slightly opened buds in April/May are called the king of wild vegetables here. (They're only eaten as tempura...)
Checked out my yard and I also seem to have them in various areas. I will post a photo on my 'other' blog and see if they are edible. The shoots are getting too big for harvest now, and hubby thinks they may be toxic!
What sets taranome apart is its spindly growth and mottled, very spiny bark. Here's a good link w/fotos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jusan/3414214529/They are of the ginseng family.
It's to bad it isn't in Canada.
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