Category Archives: Humor

Articles, stories, and writings on the lighter (and much needed) side of bonsai.

Confessions Of A Tree Thief

I don’t have a lot of time tonight as I have a prior appointment, but I wanted to go back to the beginning and explain how this whole turn of events evolved. It all started innocently enough one-day when I … Continue reading

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Up in Flames

I am writing this to serve as an official record of the events the led to the recent fire that destroyed the Lost Swamp Bonsai Club’s meeting place which was located in the back room of the Bloated Goat Cafe … Continue reading

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Insanity

As usual, I felt a minor pang of guilt as I pulled onto the long winding driveway that led to the huge brick buildings of the Happy Tree Mental Health Center. I have been coming here every Sunday for the … Continue reading

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The Growing Fields

I’m not feeling very well today, being here in the hospital waiting to have a beaver tooth removed from my rear end and all. You see, I had a bit of a run in with old ma nature this morning … Continue reading

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Pure Genius

As with most incredibly genius innovations, this one started with an accident. I was transporting a dozen of my finest attempts at bonsai to our annual club show when the need for a practical and safe solution for transporting bonsai … Continue reading

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Diary of a Hawthorn

A fellow bonsaist and personal friend of mine was reported missing early this spring, his wife gave me his bonsai diary which I spent long hours on, trying to find a clue as to why he would just disappear. I … Continue reading

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The Grass is Always Greener…..

Ernie had spent a a little over a month holed up in his garage working on something that he claimed would revolutionize bonsai as the world knows it. Needless to say, the entire membership of the Lost Swamp Bonsai Club … Continue reading

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