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Nine Days and I Can't Tell If It's Swelling
Bonsai Wire TrainingNine days since I wired the branch. Bark might be swelling around the copper. Or it isn't. Twenty minutes of staring hasn't helped.
Six Degrees Down and September Will Tell Me
Bonsai Wire TrainingAnnealed sixty centimetres of copper wire, bent one branch six degrees, and now I wait until September to find out if I guessed right.
Six Days for Flies, Three to Eight Weeks for Maybe
Praying Mantis RearingThe ootheca might hatch tomorrow or in July. The fruit fly culture needs six more days. If the timing doesn't align, 150 nymphs starve in 48 hours.