two new bonsai-to-be and bonsai updates

Valley Oak
one of my azaleas from a previous post I'm still waiting to train
Plum found growning in my parents back yard
Gardenia, still waiting to train

I've started some Azalea's on their way to be bonsai. These ones are some cuttings that I dipped in some root starter and hope they do well
The two bigger plants are the original azaleas I bought at the nursery. I want them to get bigger before I start to attempt training them
Cherry drops Azelea
With this one I want to try to expose its roots, you can kinda see the root ball. I plan to expose more and more as time goes on. (Gumpo Var Azalea)

in the dark

Billy cowered under his blankets; safe, invisible to their searching eyes. “It’s just your imagination.” He remembered his father saying. “Monsters are only as real as you make them son.” at this he sighed with relief, relaxing... until he felt their squeeze. Apparently he had made them very real indeed.

Greedy Archeologists

They’d been digging for years. Their investors, like their hair, had thinned over time. Finally they gazed upon it, numbed from the reality of it, enchanted by its beauty. This artifact was indeed priceless. They looked at it, then each other. Tragically, greed would only allow one to claim it.

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There, oscillating with perfectly timed rhythm, black and gleaming in the sun light. Suddenly trembling as if cold or afraid, jerking from side to side almost out of control, close to breaking, close to delivering its coveted prey. Suddenly the tension was gone, Once again it oscillated, back and forth.