It began with clouds

[wayfaringwordhack]

Prompted by an entry in quietspaces' journal about wishing there were bigger clouds, I took my camera and headed out yesty when I spied cumulonimbi towering over Grande Terre. I decided to run a few errands first and then photograph the clouds for her from B&N's balcony. Well, after I bought a blanket (!!! If we slept indoors, we wouldn't need one) and stopped by the grocery store and outdoor produce market, the lovely clouds had dissipated. Still, I leave you with the photos I snapped along the way, which will help round out the mental picture you are hopefully getting of Mayotte now. 

Shopping for all at Shopi! Zebu calves decided to stop for a snack outside the local supermarket.	Eco-Lawnmowers These sheep are grazing off one of the main roundabouts on Petite Terre, just across from the supermarket.
Our butcher Still a little sunstruck when I entered the supermarket, I was struggling to get the cap back on the lens. The butcher spied me messing with the camera and asked if I wanted to take his picture. What was that I said about the Mahorais being camera shy? Definitely a matter of personality and not cultural at all. (I must apologize for the "mise en scène." I couldn't back up any more because of a freezer, and I felt like the management or store security was going to come around at any moment to tell me to put away the camera.)	View from B&N's balcony This is all that was left of the lovely cloud decks. Boo.
Pink Plumeria This tiny blossom was growing on a still-small plumeria (frangipani) tree outside B&N's house. Again, the photo was a rush job because it is located right in line with the neighbors' kitchen, and I was afraid they would think I was trying to take a pic of their interior.	Busting at the seams This is a detail photo of a plant stem (rightly called a pseudostem). Any guesses as to what kind of plant?

Also from quietspaces,   

You're A Prayer for Owen Meany!

by John Irving

Despite humble and perhaps literally small beginnings, you inspire faith in almost everyone you know. You are an agent of higher powers, and you manifest this fact in mysterious and loud ways. A sense of destiny pervades your every waking moment, and you prepare with great detail for destiny fulfilled. When you speak, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS!

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Comments

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

Beautiful photos! (Would that we had such lawnmowers! Or, for that matter, such a butcher . . . the Cashwise supermarket leaves a lot to be desired.)

Do we know what sort of plant that is that has a pseudostem? Never heard of such a thing.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

It's a banana plant, often mistaken for a "tree." :P