A cold shower

Today I noticed my Bonsai was looking sad

I think it may be the heat here, it looks very dry, so scorched perhaps.

It is well watered, the trunk is still green so it's not dead. Yet.

As my father has saved a leafless and lifeless looking Bonsai

by putting it in the garden and tending it,

I texted Mum asking for advice.

I told her it was so hot here I could barely move.

That is rare for Cumbrian weather and rare for me.

An hour later I received this text.

'Get into the shade. Sit in a tub of water overnight. With food. Will recover.'

I laughed my socks off!

DID she mean the Bonsai or me?

ABC WEDNESDAY- J is for

JUXTAPOSE... (and japanese)

with a little help from my COLLINS CONSISE tome AGAIN...

I thought I would try to juxtapose some images  

I may be wrong with this train of thought, I hope not...

here is the definition from my tome

'to place close together or side by 

side, esp. for comparison or contrast.'

60ft Oak tree  on the Isle of Wight 2008

8 inch J-apanese Bonsai in my back garden - summer 2008

I bought this is from a supermarket bargain bin for pennies, all the leaves were brown and crisp. 

 l trimmed it, watered it and I read up about Bonsai,

many people make the error of placing them inside the home, 

with central heating and dry air, they are just not compatible.

Treat it like any other tree and it wll flourish, put it outside, (sheltered in winter) et voila!

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