Today, I saw for the first time in real life how blades of grass light up and, when the wind blows, the light ripples from leaf to leaf as they bend and sway!
I’s only seen that in a very stylized fashion when the wind blows over grass in old anime like a jagged streak of brighter green over a grassy hill, but never saw it in real life, as I live in a desert!! It’s so beautiful… I watched it happen in the hospital garden from the clinic window.
The clinic was a bit chilly, though, and I forgot to wear an extra layer, but there was a convenient velvety green prayer mat under the window, so I brought it closer to lean on…
The grass was dotted with cute, little, white flowers… they danced in the wind too!
I don’t know their name, they might be considered “weeds,” but anything is lovely when you’re used to an arid landscape where only the occasional sunny yellow dandelion or fluffy white dandelion puff breaks the monotony.
between childlike whimsy and lady-like aspirations 