Now, when I said that I didn’t do anything today… I suppose that was a lie. I did do something: I messed with my tsuboniwa some today. I know how much ALL of you just LOVE listening to me talk about Japanese gardening! So, luckily for you, I took pictures!

Here is yet ANOTHER picture of my tsukubai. Notice how the green slime has grown on the stone basin… stone that, yes… I carved using my own front teeth! Well, actually I used a chisel. But again, note the slime… look how GREEN it is! There is even some BLACK slime growing on it too! Isn’t this just freaking amazing! I know… I know! You are probably asking yourself, “Wow, how can I grow MY OWN slime?” Well, Dear Reader, it is an ancient Buddhist Dharma passed down from Master to Disciple throughout the ages. This secrete has been closely guarded until now. Now, Dear Reader, I pass this secrete Dharma on to you: Running Water. Yes, I know it is hard to believe… but it is true! Running water will somehow GROW slime! Just think of the possibilities! You too can have YOUR OWN green slime! I hear it makes really great hair jell (if you don’t mind flies too much).

This is a little plant that is growing between two rather large rocks. Here we are at the end of December, and it put out the one, solitary violet bloom. I thought, “Wow… that is as pretty as a picture!” Then I remembered I was holding my camera in my hand and… well… you can probably figure out the rest…