tree project

"Last December, Hiroshi kindly gave me this large plant that had full of leaves on its branch when he had a solo exhibition in Horticultural Society of New York. After his exhibition had finished, I took the plant to my apartment. but the leaves started falling off because of the cold wether. ............ One day in June, while I was going out, I put the pots on the fire escape to give them sun light. that was the time a big squirrel I had sometimes saw came and dug the soil in the pots and bit the plants at its root..........to read all the texts along with his beautiful pictures, take a look at  http://www.flickr.com/photos/katsuhirosaiki/sets/72157624816952658/with/4931031039/

While I was in Japan, my friend, Katsuhiro Saiki took care of watering my plants. I was concerned with Hibaku trees, but my basil (not Hibaku) almost went dry......as Katsuhiro explained. He took a such a good care and it was funny and moving, so I decided to post his photo diary of my plants. こないだ一週間あけて2回目をしにきたら、ちょっと元気がなさそうだったので4日おきくらいにくる事にします。The other day after one week, I came back to water, then the plants didn't look great so I will come every four days. 今日水やりに行ったらバジルがかなりしおれてました。なんかこの鉢の土、水を含みにくい気がします。窓ぎわだとすぐに乾燥しそうなのでしたのだんに移動しました。復帰してくれるのを願います。 Today I came to water your plants, then the basil looked soggy. I think the soil in this pot can not hold the moister that long, so I moved the basil where there is indirect sun. I hope it will come alive again. 心配なので見にきたら生きかえってました。よかった。 I was worried when I cam to see, then it was kind of alive again. I was glad. ---Katsuhiro Saiki

Reiko Hamano & Eric Vong Rie Nakano Saiki Katsuhiro Sadie Flateman Sakiko Fujita Shisano Takeuchi Tomoko Akiyoshi Tsukasa Yokozawa Umi Akiyoshi