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Zenfluenced.life
@zenfluenced.bsky.social
Amateur human being, artist, graphic designer, meditator, meditation leader, and grower of tiny trees and other plants that likes to play guitar and think about stuff.
More stuff at https://zenfluenced.life
Blue dot/sea of red. Knoxvegas, East Tennessee
Watched an interview with Carol Burnett on Kimmel. they discussed her Wordle prowess. She's gotten it in 1 or 2 guesses many times and gave her guess for the next Wordle. Checked to see if she was right, looked up what day she was on. See if you can spot the Google AI mistake. It's subtle
November 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This study was conducted by the No Shit Sherlock Institute for the Study of the Obvious
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Dress rehearsal for this weekend's Knoxville Bonsai Society exhibition. Over 40 trees on display. Oct 11-12. Ijams Nature Center.
#Bonsai #tinytrees
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Is Google . . . YES! They fucking are. Side by side searches. The only difference is the name.
October 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Stoked to get my copy of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social 's Our Long National Nightmare
September 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I like to do a couple of walking laps around the neighborhood where my sangha meets. The Bahàí house down the street has these beauties growing along their fence
September 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
August 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Okra flowers in the garden. Okra loves the heat of August . . . as long as they get enough water.
August 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today sucked but for a minute or so i appreciated this cosmo.
August 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Almost stepped on it! 😬
It's about 4" wing tip to wing tip.
Imperial moth
August 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Right time right place.
IRL the sun was just right to make the irreverent blues glow like neon

North American brush-footed butterfly
August 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I made for a sutra study group that I was part of before the pandemic. The Buddha’s teaching on lying given to his son Rahula. An appropriate reminder these days.
Majjima Nikaya 61.
Alt text has link to a PDF on my website.
#MN61 #MajjimaNikaya #buddhism #Palicanon #Therevada
July 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My collection isn't all invasive privet.
The Dwarf Alberta Spruce are nursery stock. The Gingko is from the 2021 Knoxville Bonsai Society bonsai exhibition. The maple is some backyard yamadori.
#bonsai ##tinytreesmakemehappy
July 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
20+ y ago I planted azaleas from my G-mother's yard. The azaleas died but the invasive privet hiding in the roots did well. Parts of the yard are more privet than lawn. Mowing makes the trunks look so cool! and keeps them small. <12" pot to top.
#bonsai #yamadori #backyardyamadori
July 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Closeup of the trunks of a Japanese privet. Backyard yamadori from this year. For scale - the thickest trunk in the foreground, from the AMAZING root over root up to the first branch is about 2 inches. They look like they're 100 rough years old!
#bonsai #tinytreesmakemehappy #yamadori
July 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
8 weeks! Thought it was a goner until early May when it started to put out tiny leaf buds. Now look it!
I have A LOT of invasive japanese privet. Turning a curse into a blessing. Some parts of the yard are more privet than grass.
#bonsai #yamadori #tinytreesmakemehappy #backyardyamadori
July 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Bee butt bouncing
July 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Last sunrise from this year's family beach trip. This year we splurged on an oceanfront unit and views like this were our daily reward.
June 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
June 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I LOVE THIS! I've collected a few around my yard left over from the construction back in 1996. They have such character. Suiseki, but with a bit of punk/disrupter attitude. This is one of my faves found under my deck.
June 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This little one's been in training since 2022. I was worried this year because it was very late budding out and I had lost several of the small privets from our winter week of deep freeze. Will be developing the pads more this year
Privet. Approx 9" tall

#bonsai #tinytreesmakemehappy
#mame
May 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This beauty deserves to be a center of attention

Newly collected honeysuckle. Just look at that nubari😍😍

24" pot.
#backyard #yamadori
#bonsai #tinytrees
May 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM