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Post by enigma72 on Aug 27, 2020 3:10:04 GMT
They have so much significance to you. Kind of stressful. One of my teachers had one in the classroom in 4th grade. She glowed about her tree. Seems like sometimes a tree/art form is more than its face value. On the other side Petro growing up with an artist mother must have its own interesting stories. You're right, enigma, these trees connect me to events both past and present, some more raw than others. It can be stressful, or can offer blessed relief, depending upon the context. I think my mother does the temperament of an artist. She still performs music on her guitar at her local library and is right now painting cards for people of big cats (lions, tigers, leopards ...). She also makes decorative cakes for people, which again provides an additional source of income that can be valuable to a retiree. I can picture a teacher glowing and it makes me think of the nuclear site Homer Simpson monitors.
HUGS All families are weird. All! Just weird in different ways. Glowing! Haha
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 27, 2020 12:46:40 GMT
I am indifferent to bonsai trees.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 27, 2020 13:58:30 GMT
Buying a "bonsai kit" from an ad and receiving a twig reminds me of buying "sea monkeys" !
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 27, 2020 16:24:47 GMT
Buying a "bonsai kit" from an ad and receiving a twig reminds me of buying "sea monkeys" ! Oh, those glorious sea monkeys! What kid in the 60's DIDN't buy them . . . and felt immediate disappointment after following the directions?
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Post by politicidal on Aug 27, 2020 22:09:44 GMT
Completely indifferent to them.
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Post by Sulla on Aug 28, 2020 1:34:42 GMT
Buying a "bonsai kit" from an ad and receiving a twig reminds me of buying "sea monkeys" ! Oh, those glorious sea monkeys! What kid in the 60's DIDN't buy them . . . and felt immediate disappointment after following the directions?
Indeed. And preserved for posterity on South Park.
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Post by Marv on Aug 28, 2020 18:36:26 GMT
In general yes. I don't even know if Ive seen one irl, but Ill always remember them from the Karate Kid movies.
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Post by autumn on Aug 28, 2020 18:47:45 GMT
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Post by shannondegroot on Aug 30, 2020 17:32:44 GMT
I gave my Mom a Bonsai tree for Christmas or her Birthday 10-20 years ago. She loved it. Makes a good gift.
The first time I saw them was in one of the Karate Kid movies.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 2:26:53 GMT
They’re cool
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Post by avocadojoe on Aug 31, 2020 7:37:43 GMT
If there's one thing that haunted my childhood homelife, it was bonsai trees. I would save money to try and buy my mother a small cloisonne pot for her birthday and my sister liked those deadly dragon crystals, like those of swarovski. At times it felt like everything around me was miniature, including my mother, my sister and the women in my family. Things could quickly become claustrophobic, like I was living in a Charles Band horror movie. My mother was, probably, around 5'0" (shorter now), whereas my father was around 6'1", so my sister and I came out somewhere inbetween. We all admired the trees.
I do like Bonsai trees. I think they're completely charming. But I tend to think of "miniatures" as being charming, like those little mini liquor bottles and demi tasse cups. I don't know if it has anything to do with your perspective of fear, but Bonsai trees do have a quality that is magical and dreamlike. So I can see this element of "unreal" being eerie
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Post by avocadojoe on Aug 31, 2020 7:42:54 GMT
I think they're very cool. I had never heard of them until I saw an episode of Family Affair (1970) where a Japanese man (Teru Shimada) gave one to Jody. Years later I bought a seedling at Disney World, but I couldn't get it to grow.
Shimada also played one of Blofeld's subordinates in You Only Live Twice.
I always thought "Family Affair" was a sad little show.
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Post by avocadojoe on Aug 31, 2020 7:46:29 GMT
You're right, enigma, these trees connect me to events both past and present, some more raw than others. It can be stressful, or can offer blessed relief, depending upon the context. I think my mother does the temperament of an artist. She still performs music on her guitar at her local library and is right now painting cards for people of big cats (lions, tigers, leopards ...). She also makes decorative cakes for people, which again provides an additional source of income that can be valuable to a retiree. I can picture a teacher glowing and it makes me think of the nuclear site Homer Simpson monitors.
HUGS All families are weird. All! Just weird in different ways. Glowing! Haha What you said reminds me of the opening line from the book "Anna Karenina" -- "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."Btw, I've never read "Anna Karenina". I just like that line.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 31, 2020 14:37:34 GMT
HUGS All families are weird. All! Just weird in different ways. Glowing! Haha What you said reminds me of the opening line from the book "Anna Karenina" -- "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."Btw, I've never read "Anna Karenina". I just like that line. That is a good line!
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Post by Sulla on Aug 31, 2020 14:43:33 GMT
I think they're very cool. I had never heard of them until I saw an episode of Family Affair (1970) where a Japanese man (Teru Shimada) gave one to Jody. Years later I bought a seedling at Disney World, but I couldn't get it to grow.
Shimada also played one of Blofeld's subordinates in You Only Live Twice.
I always thought "Family Affair" was a sad little show. Yeah, the three children lost both parents in a car crash. It seems a bit of a dark premise for a sitcom.
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Post by avocadojoe on Aug 31, 2020 16:03:47 GMT
I always thought "Family Affair" was a sad little show. Yeah, the three children lost both parents in a car crash. It seems a bit of a dark premise for a sitcom. Yes. The two younger children especially seemed so vulnerable and sensitive. It was the only show where the premise was a sad one. At least there was Mr. French for a bit of levity.
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Post by autumn on Sept 1, 2020 1:07:26 GMT
Yeah, the three children lost both parents in a car crash. It seems a bit of a dark premise for a sitcom. Yes. The two younger children especially seemed so vulnerable and sensitive. It was the only show where the premise was a sad one. At least there was Mr. French for a bit of levity. Oh yes, Mr. French!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 23, 2020 2:16:09 GMT
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