1572 Reality March 15, 2006

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実
Reality
You might think bonsai trees are interesting? Well the reality is that you have to stay in the house all the time to care for them, like pets.

1571 Play music March 15, 2006

1571
奏
Play music
The poor bonsai trees that has been tortured the whole life.. When they come to heaven, they will be welcomed by someone playing music for them.

1570 Peaceful March 15, 2006

1570
泰
Peaceful
What’s more peaceful than a Japanese garden with bonsai trees and stones looking like small rice grains?

1569 Camellia March 15, 2006

1569
椿
Camellia
There also are two theories on why the present kanji (Chinese) character (which is a combination of the symbols for “tree” and “spring”) came to be used to mean “Camellia”. First theory says it is a Japanese invention to connote that camellia brings spring. The other says that it was borrowed from the Chinese character [...]

1568 Springtime March 15, 2006

1568
春
Springtime
Springtime is the best time to repot the bonsai – then the attention of the tree turns over to the sun instead of preserving energy in the roots and it won’t disturb the roots that much when repotting.

1567 Enroll March 15, 2006

1567
籍
Enroll
Someone’s enrolled in an English boarding school: instead of Christmas trees they have bamboos that will be given to the headmaster afterwards – and there’s salad days every day. This was a long time ago of course.

1566 Casting March 15, 2006

1566
鋳
Casting
Casting metal is providing longevity for it. Here we can see the cheerleader’s real job.