Interior accents--taxidermies and bonsai - Page 3

This thread needs more Bonsai.


Not an interior suitable specimen though. Taken from here.

If anyone is passing through the Seattle area on I-5, I recommend a quick stop in Federal Way to visit Weyerhauser's Bonsai collection.

I was advised that Bonsai will not survive long indoors anyhow. Is this true?

Yes and no. There are many tropical varieties (along with some pine types) that are safe to keep inside, but most will do far better outdoors as they need strong constant sunlight and a cold winter period for dormancy.

There are some good articles on wikipedia about both:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_bonsai

No.

I move around too much, and live in apartments that would not be suitable for them. The day I settle down though, is the day I start a bonsai garden.

Yes it`s basically true.

You keep bonsai outdoors and spend 99% of the time making it look the way you want. The other 1% of the time, you display it indoors for show.

I never thought I would read about Federal Way on this forum -- big ups to my home town!!

We had one of those in my old office. People thought it was amusing to leave in bathroom stalls or under someone's desk.

LOL. That happened with the shark heads when we dissected them...

Heh. There was a local artist (who's name I can't recall at the moment), that had his dead dog stuffed and presented in a curled up sleeping position and was later put on display in a large gallery in a glass case. I'll post it if I can find it, but there's an amusing video available of a bunch of a young children banging on the glass trying to get it wake up.

While looking for the video, I just found this: http://blameitonthevoices.blogspot.c...-with-cat.html