Yeah, I usually blog about compelling spiritual matters. Today's compelling spiritual matter is bonsai. It compels my spirit something fierce!
Yesterday my friend Chris and I went to Wabi Sabi bonsai nursery in Estacada and I found this nice little Japanese Black Pine var. Ondae. Ondae is a "cork-barked" variety of Black Pine, whi
ch grows thick bark with deep fissures very quickly, adding to the look of age. I potted it up today in an old pot I had another, far less worthy, plant growing in. Nice combo, don't you think? The pot is a Japanese pot from one of the really nice kilns over there, although I don't know what kind. It has a broken corner that I fixed with a little glue. Here's the pine and a detail of the lichen growing on its bark.
