Good Customers

Last Saturday we went to our usual local Garden Centre to look see what suitable shrubs they had which we can use in the developing 'Japanese' courtyard.  We didn't see anything instantly inspiring ... but, in wandering amongst the Hedging section I saw a potential bonsai!  It was a Norway Maple and so its main drawback is the size of its leaves, however the trunk showed great promise.

We went home and I managed to convince myself that it would be 'worth a go', so this Monday morning we returned.  As it was the only one there, in a battered pot, which they had obviously had for some years, and was in a condition which no French person would buy (and not even most English!) I was ready to haggle on the price of 35 euros.  So you can imagine my delight when the proprietor (who now knows us well!) looked at the tree and exclaimed, "Where did you find that?".  He then said, "It's a gift for you"

That's what you get for being a good customer!