I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I guess that would make me a bonsai.

Nina, who wants to know what other people's costumes are today.......

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I am dressed as something off the cover of a romance
novel. I have one of those all period costumes with
midaeval sleeves, wild west neckline, French puffed
sleeves, green velvet with lots of lacings and
ribbons.

Kits
--- Nina Shishkoff wrote:
I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I
guess that would make me a bonsai.

Nina, who wants to know what other people's
costumes are today.......


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AS for me, I'm dressed as something REALLY scary...........






Booo!






Someone who thinks he knows a lot about bonsai!

Now that IS scary!


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I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I guess that would make
me a bonsai.

Nina, who wants to know what other people's costumes are today.......


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I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I guess that
would make me a bonsai.

Nina, who wants to know what other people's costumes are
today.......


Isn't than kinda dangerous -- given what you're studying?

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Who is
dressed like a 66-year-old retired fart in Florida in Bermudas
and a tee shirt.

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I bought a great frog mask when I was in Germany in '83, so every year, I'm
Kermit the Frog. Regrettably, I've gained a little girth around the middle
as I've -matured- so I no longer wear the green tights! ;-)
Regards,
Shelly Hurd Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9


"Nina Shishkoff" wrote:

I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I guess that would make
me a bonsai.

Nina, who wants to know what other people's costumes are today.......

I am disguised as a bald, arthritic old man on
Social Security.

(Perhaps it is a spell. Maybe if a beautiful prices
came along and kissed me I could shed the costume
and turn into a handsome prince. Any takers? You
have to come and see me early before my wife gets
home.)

Peter Aradi
Tulsa, Oklahoma

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From: "Kitsune Miko"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:25 AM
Subject: [IBC] By the way....


I am dressed as something off the cover of a romance
novel. I have one of those all period costumes with
midaeval sleeves, wild west neckline, French puffed
sleeves, green velvet with lots of lacings and
ribbons.

Kits
--- Nina Shishkoff wrote:
I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I
guess that would make me a bonsai.

Nina, who wants to know what other people's
costumes are today.......



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LOL! I'm wearing an orange shirt today, so (considering my gut size) I
guess that makes me the Great Pumpkin. ;-))
Peter, I hear Shigemi plans no tricks nor treats for you tonight!
Alan Walker
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"p.aradi" wrote:
I am disguised as a bald, arthritic old man on Social Security.
(Perhaps it is a spell. Maybe if a beautiful prices came along and kissed me I could
shed the costume and turn into a handsome prince. Any takers? You
have to come and see me early before my wife gets home.)
Peter Aradi
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Kitsune Miko wrote:
I am dressed as something off the cover of a romance novel. I have one of those all
period costumes with mediaeval sleeves, wild west neckline, French puffed sleeves,
green velvet with lots of lacings and ribbons.
Kits
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Nina Shishkoff wrote:
I am dressed as an Oak Tree. Given that I'm 5'1", I guess that would make me a
bonsai.
Nina, who wants to know what other people's costumes are today.......

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I've got the garden-variety jeans on, along with the garden-variety
(overworn but useable) polo shirt (its unseasonably warm!). I grabbed an
Almond Joy from the evening's goodie-bag for brunch & the packaging sits
beside me. A nice response from an instructor at Vassar who publishes
articles on Japanese ritual tea got a long draft response this afternoon.
Then, I opened the IBC list (as a refresher) and see all my friends behind
their PCs.

Peter will appreciate the Sen (tea, not Buddhist) school precept that "Zen &
Tea are one!"... and I'm trying to convince this instructor that his
students should add "bonsai & suiseki" to their studies combining Japanese
aesthetics. It could be grant-level material... :-)

Sandy sounds scandalous, Jim & Peter sound cantankerous (so what's new?) &
Nina would be a surprise if not surprising (soil science & fungus studied
with humor?). Marco didn't say what he's wearing-- I'm guessing he is
dressed dentist whites & wielding a tooth drill. As Shelly notes, almost
no one looks good in green tights (Robin Hood excepted) unless built like a
model.

When Jim attacked Pennsylvania lawn growers moving to Arizona deserts, I
thought of a friend who now maintains a Japaneseque garden. It seems humans
will create, sometimes in the most surprising directions, a landscape which
completes some mythic ideal (or at least keep up with the Jones' ideal).

Happy Halloween. It seems no no eulogy is requested for the list, though I
expect Craig is prepared with a austere phrasing to send us off if need
arises.

OB' bonsai: I've never been successful with keeping individual companion
plants over years. Roger's 9 year old dandelion might be record-breaking.
I'd like to hear of other companion plants maintained so long (not just
material maintained in flats with cuttings used). I'll check Naka's
_Techniques_ to get an idea of Sandy's root-exposed dandelion. My attempts
have each wilted long before concerns of frost, and yet I don't think they
were underwatered. I hope Roger will share more on annual dandelion
maintenance... :-). List oldies will recall Bonsamurai preening about his
dandelion, and I was surprised at failing continually at keeping one alive
(much less vigorous).

Best wishes,
Chris... C. Cochrane, , Richmond VA

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I am dressed as an Oak Tree.
Nina, who wants to know what other people's costumes are today.......

Nicole went out as a Playboy Bunny. She dressed the Lab as Snow White, but he
was not interested in trick-or-treating and came home.
I put a bonsai on the dinner table with a Golem figurine. One of Nicole's
friends was actually patient enought to listen to the story. Mary Shelley or
one of her friends traveled in Russia around the beginning of the Nineteenth
Century, and probably picked up the story. It is thought to be the inspiration
for Frankenstein.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)