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Go to a large hobby or craft store. Ask them if they have the sand used for making the coke bottle thinggys. You know the booth at the fair where you pour the colored sand into the coke bottle in differant colors and then the stuff some feathers in the top and you pay them about 5.00 for this ugly albeit colorful kitchy mess.

but...the sand is the corrrect size and you can find it in a range of colors. BTW, there is absolutely nothing wrong with white sand. I have no idea who made up that rule.

Sand in a suiban with a stone is a very personal matter. Like acccent plants or bonsai tables, backdrops or colors of pots, the whole thing must be arranged to compliment each other. An Island stone would look perfectly happy in a blue suiban with white sand to simulate rough seas. Just let the stone, sand, and suiban tell the story.

Regards, Bonsai-al

24-Jul-2004	#6
bonsaial1 Bonsai Doer Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 13SH Posts: 5,474	Go to a large hobby or craft store. Ask them if they have the sand used for making the coke bottle thinggys. You know the booth at the fair where you pour the colored sand into the coke bottle in differant colors and then the stuff some feathers in the top and you pay them about 5.00 for this ugly albeit colorful kitchy mess. but...the sand is the corrrect size and you can find it in a range of colors. BTW, there is absolutely nothing wrong with white sand. I have no idea who made up that rule. Sand in a suiban with a stone is a very personal matter. Like acccent plants or bonsai tables, backdrops or colors of pots, the whole thing must be arranged to compliment each other. An Island stone would look perfectly happy in a blue suiban with white sand to simulate rough seas. Just let the stone, sand, and suiban tell the story. Regards, Bonsai-al __________________ I been kidding the last seven years. no.... really!