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Plain old lil'tree novice
Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: East Bay Area, California
Country: U.S.A.
Posts: 86
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Just bought a little pre-bonsai blue spruce, Picea pungens I believe, and I know it's history. I was thinkin' of the story above when I bought it.
It is about 10 years old. I bought/traded for it from an old Japanese nursery owner in Niles (California) who paid somebody to slap some wire on it a few years ago so he could get a little extra in the sale.
It's got a couple of minor scars on the otherwise fairly nice trunk because he didn't pay someone to take the wire off soon enough. Pretty much mediocre by the standards of most here but I saw something I liked in it.
Not too romantic of a history I suppose but who cares? I like this little tree, and with a little grace it might pass on one day to another caretaker. As far as i'm concerned it's history starts here and now. I love trees, and if I don't kill it that will reflect in this tree. Everything which a person puts that kinda' attention into is worthy of it's own legacy.
Not so different from children I suppose, just a buhzillion time's less important, and a lot easier to get right.
My one cent worth.
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Steve,
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