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August 11, 2015
This 390-year-old bonsai tree survived an atomic bomb, and no one knew until 2001
It is the blending of nature and art, he said. The care includes seeing that it is watered daily, inspected for insects, rotated for the sun twice a week and repotted on occasion. In the winter, the tree is moved to the museum’s climate-controlled Chinese Pavilion. Currently, it sits in the museum courtyard.
“One of the things that makes it so special is, if you imagine, somebody has attended to that tree every day since 1625,” Sustic said. “I always like to say bonsai is like a verb. It’s not a noun; it’s doing.” - The Washington Post
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I already have plenty of ways to waste time.
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at August 12, 2015 7:42 AM
Sometimes a tree is just a tree. Go to NY State or Pennsylvania and you can see a million trees and none of them needed any pampering.
Posted by: chasmatic at August 12, 2015 8:18 PM