Today while I’m making dinner a UPS van pulls up in front of the house and Joe opens up the door to wait for the delivery man to come to the door. While he’s waiting he starts this conversation:

Joe: “What did you buy now?

Me: “I’m not expecting anything.”

Joe: “What do you mean?”

Me: “I mean I haven’t bought anything.”

The delivery man hands Joe the box and he sees the label on the outside says “Bonsai.”

Joe: You bought a bonsai!?

Me: Bonsai!? What?

I stop making dinner and walk over to get a look at the package. I immediately think there has been some mistake. Yes, I’ve been wanting to get back into bonsai, but I didn’t expect one to just show up on my front porch.

Then I realized it had to be because I had mentioned it on my blog, but still I’m a little confused, probably from the shock of it.

I open it up and the note reads: “Happy Mother’s Day Love Kelly, Grandma, and Grandpa”

Now I understand. It’s from my daughter and my in-laws! Thanks guys! I actually should have known immediately who it was from b/c my father-in-law was just talking to me about my interest in bonsai.

Anyway, here’s a photo of it (It’s right out of the box):

So, now I have an azalea with which to try bonsai again. It is of the Satsuki variety, which is supposed to be one of the best azalea for bonsai, so that’s pretty cool. I’m looking forward to working with it and finding out what color flowers it will produce. They apparently can have red, pink, or white flowers, or a combo of all three.

Again… Kelly, “Grandma and Grandpa”… Thank you. It was a very nice surprise.