Well, since I'm here and I can't sleep let's talk about my dead bonsai. Here it is.
Admittedly this bonsai tree is not technically mine, although I purchased it - as a gift for Ryan. The store in question is Downtown Home and Garden, which is generally a reputable garden store, although as it turns out this tree was not its finest specimen. Granted, it looked much healthier when I bought it, but I have a feeling that a bonsai expert would have passed it over. If I was really being honest, I would tell you that I bought this birthday gift in a bit of a hurry and there were not too many options left. So, five months later, this is Ryan's present, all dried up. I swear we watered it! Really. We even lovingly repotted it to give it more space for its little roots. Except then we planted grass seed in there too which, in hindsight, may not have been the best idea. Oh, that hindsight and its 20/20-ness. Now the grass is all dried up too! It's the little landscape of doom.
On a positive note, here is a picture of our super awesome living bonsai:
This one is our pride and joy. It was nurtured by Ryan's dad for a few years, which probably helped, and then handed down to Ryan, and now it inhabits this little corner of our apartment and makes us happy.
Well, that is going to have to be it for now, as I'm hungry and am off to make myself a snack. Cheers!
