Bonsai – Ginkgo biloba – At night – By candlelight – And a pig

I was given a bonsai tree about 10 years ago. It is a Ginkgo biloba ( the Maidenhair Tree) tree and it lives in a tiny moss-covered bowl of soil, the same soil and pot for the last 10 years. It gets shoved around and put in some out-of-the-way places and lives outside sometimes in sunlight, sometimes in shade. Every now and again, I re-discover it and it gets pride of place for a while. I re-discovered it today and placed it on a table outside the backdoor. It is sharing the table with a candle lantern and a wooden pig.

I’ve never been attracted to Bonsai and sometimes I want to release this poor tree into the garden and give it a chance to reach its full potential – to spread its roots – to grow a trunk – to have birds nesting in its spreading branches. But today, I like it as it is. I like pigs and I like candle-light. So, the following photograph is not a good one of the Ginkgo but the pig looks good!