Common Reed,
Göteborg, December 30th, 2001

 


Phragmites communis
Vass i april, i augusti, i november och i februari

Eva Ekeblad, 2001



It's cold.
     Enlarging the S-weed territory and working on the new map, I'm thinking I also might include the corresponding stretch of ditch, further along Västerleden thoroughfare. I walked that stretch today, and as usual, a short walk takes a long time, because there's so much to look at, capture snaps of, collect.
     Towards the end of the walk the tip of my nose is tingling. Should I put my face on the scanner when I get home? But a snap from outdoors would be nicer... That Dad with two kids, a beard and a backpack, maybe...

     -:"Hi, would you do me a favour? Would you take a couple of pictures of me with my camera?? Great!
     It's digital, you need to press the button until you hear the sort of double click, there's a position in between where it just takes a measure...
     OK, that's it. Just one more. Wow, neat, I should do this more often!!"

Before I was told by Per,
I never noticed the way all the leaves of the Common Reed are marked
as if bitten.
This is of course
no defining characteristic
but very handy anyway.