Word Associations

Your word Alley made me think of
dark
dingy
unexpected
functional
parallel
behind
bottom
narrow
skinny and tall
shadows
alley cat

and the sound of DROPS of water or blood leaking pipes

and colors red and black

your word Bamboo made me think of
bridges
elastic/spring
eating
hollow
shoots
House of Bamboo (Earl Grant singing)
cutting down groves/forests
foreign different land different culture
exotic and commonplace
bamboo in the Nepal of my childhood/fake bamboo at IKEA
coolies carrying weighted loads

and the sound of wind blowing through

and the colors green and yellow.