Bonsai!

This is a discussion I had with an individual I won’t name because… well, because it's just a little too sad.

I’ll give this guy some initials, though. How about SWF?

SWF has said in the past that it’s been a dream of his to own a bonsai tree. This, to me, is odd. The dream is entirely attainable. Bonsai trees are available at nurseries and roadside stands all over town. It’s your dream to own a bonsai? Go buy a bonsai.

Beau and I were at a nursery on Saturday (on my own nerdy mission: making terrariums--that's another post for another day) and we saw a whole row of the tiny little trees.

You should take a photo of one and send it to SWF, I told Beau. Let him know the dream lives on.

And so he did.

Later on that day, we ran into SWF. And the subject came up.

SWF: Saw a bunch of ‘em , huh?

Me: Yep. Ripe for the buyin’.

SWF: I just worry that one wouldn’t make it through the winter months.

Me: Well, they’re indoor plants. So I think one would be just fine as long as you kept it inside and watered it.

SWF: I wonder if one would come back if it died.

Me: That seems unlikely.

SWF: You don’t think so?

Me: No.

SWF: Why not?

Me: Because dead things don’t come back to life. They're DEAD. 

SWF: Oh.  

[silence]

Sigh.