Serentropic
@serentropic.bsky.social
Grace, she/her. Bonsai, drawing, writing, 3D. Immortality aspirant. Introvert but willing to discuss small trees or philosophy of mind.
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Within minutes of the tree going up.
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Within minutes of the tree going up.
A first styling on this very simple lodgepole pine #bonsai. I got this tree at a nursery a couple years into my bonsai experience. $70. It ground layered itself, which is how I got it into this shallow pot. The weird rebar there is to bend the trunk forward.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A first styling on this very simple lodgepole pine #bonsai. I got this tree at a nursery a couple years into my bonsai experience. $70. It ground layered itself, which is how I got it into this shallow pot. The weird rebar there is to bend the trunk forward.
A very successful air layer on this Red Alder #bonsai. This is a challenge tree with a lot of issues to solve still. I was ready to toss it out if this layer didn't work, but I've fallen back in love, and I think it will be worth the effort going forward.
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A very successful air layer on this Red Alder #bonsai. This is a challenge tree with a lot of issues to solve still. I was ready to toss it out if this layer didn't work, but I've fallen back in love, and I think it will be worth the effort going forward.
I've killed a few trees since I've started #bonsai, but up until now they've mostly been younger trees that I worked very aggressively. This is the first time I've lost an older tree that I handled conservatively. I never got to styling it, but it had a ton of potential. Feels bad.
October 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I've killed a few trees since I've started #bonsai, but up until now they've mostly been younger trees that I worked very aggressively. This is the first time I've lost an older tree that I handled conservatively. I never got to styling it, but it had a ton of potential. Feels bad.
The new greenhouse is nearly complete now. It still needs a door and (eventually) electrical, and then it will sit empty for the next few months... but I'm excited to join a few of my trees in here with a blanket and a book this winter.
#bonsai #garden #yardistry #greenhouse
#bonsai #garden #yardistry #greenhouse
July 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The new greenhouse is nearly complete now. It still needs a door and (eventually) electrical, and then it will sit empty for the next few months... but I'm excited to join a few of my trees in here with a blanket and a book this winter.
#bonsai #garden #yardistry #greenhouse
#bonsai #garden #yardistry #greenhouse
Spent today breaking ground on my new #bonsai #garden. A landscaping team leveled it and laid gravel recently. A cheap canopy is my construction site, and I'm starting the foundation pieces for the new 8x10 Yardistry #greenhouse. Benches going back in when that's done.
May 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Spent today breaking ground on my new #bonsai #garden. A landscaping team leveled it and laid gravel recently. A cheap canopy is my construction site, and I'm starting the foundation pieces for the new 8x10 Yardistry #greenhouse. Benches going back in when that's done.
One of my first #bonsai goals was to get good at growing Douglas Fir from seed, the same way species like Japanese Black Pine and Trident Maple commonly are. Douglas Fir doesn't "want to be bonsai" like some species, so it has been a learning curve.
#bonsai #douglasfir #pseudotsugamenziesii
#bonsai #douglasfir #pseudotsugamenziesii
May 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
One of my first #bonsai goals was to get good at growing Douglas Fir from seed, the same way species like Japanese Black Pine and Trident Maple commonly are. Douglas Fir doesn't "want to be bonsai" like some species, so it has been a learning curve.
#bonsai #douglasfir #pseudotsugamenziesii
#bonsai #douglasfir #pseudotsugamenziesii
One of my favorite things to do is wander the suburbs around here and find the quiet places behind and between them. These routes, carved by streams and power lines, have a liminal quality to them - people came here before me, but now I'm alone with the ghosts of stories I'll never know.
May 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
One of my favorite things to do is wander the suburbs around here and find the quiet places behind and between them. These routes, carved by streams and power lines, have a liminal quality to them - people came here before me, but now I'm alone with the ghosts of stories I'll never know.
Been restarting Vendaval from scratch basically every year or two, eventually one of these will be the map I commit to. Moving back away from procedural lately to hand-crafting, trying a technique of painting topographic layers first. Hard because I want to fit so much in. #CitiesSkylines
May 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Been restarting Vendaval from scratch basically every year or two, eventually one of these will be the map I commit to. Moving back away from procedural lately to hand-crafting, trying a technique of painting topographic layers first. Hard because I want to fit so much in. #CitiesSkylines
Shit's gotta be hella wack to get me out of the house but here we are
April 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Shit's gotta be hella wack to get me out of the house but here we are
I've started poking around #CitiesSkylines2 again. I feel like I don't understand it well, yet, so I'm playing casually. In the meantime I'm also getting back into original Skylines, starting work on Brinevale-Vendaval from the ground up. Bespoke height map, theme, rocks, bridges, trees all planned.
February 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I've started poking around #CitiesSkylines2 again. I feel like I don't understand it well, yet, so I'm playing casually. In the meantime I'm also getting back into original Skylines, starting work on Brinevale-Vendaval from the ground up. Bespoke height map, theme, rocks, bridges, trees all planned.
A couple custom tokens I made for characters I currently have in #Pathfinder 2e campaigns. Yes I have a type.
February 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A couple custom tokens I made for characters I currently have in #Pathfinder 2e campaigns. Yes I have a type.
Other upgrades notwithstanding, playing Skylines again convinced me to finally upgrade my hard drives. I'm... having a time.
February 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Other upgrades notwithstanding, playing Skylines again convinced me to finally upgrade my hard drives. I'm... having a time.
Still fiddling with this. I've gotten faster at sketching but haven't overcome my overwhelming need to revise and edit so I still draw at snail pace. I'm still struggling to do get expressions looking right, too.
January 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Still fiddling with this. I've gotten faster at sketching but haven't overcome my overwhelming need to revise and edit so I still draw at snail pace. I'm still struggling to do get expressions looking right, too.
It's me! Figured I'd share some vanity here.
December 13, 2024 at 4:19 AM
It's me! Figured I'd share some vanity here.
Tried some studies to get Kendra's proportions more realistic and consistent, and reverse engineered her pre-transition look while I was at it. I think Dudedra is actually also kind of hot???
December 8, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Tried some studies to get Kendra's proportions more realistic and consistent, and reverse engineered her pre-transition look while I was at it. I think Dudedra is actually also kind of hot???
I've seen a lot of fantastic shows in the past few years, but I want to give a special shoutout to Pantheon, which I think has been criminally overlooked. Thoughtful storytelling about topics that I think are important. I think the first season is on Amazon/Netflix, and the second on YouTube.
December 2, 2024 at 12:42 AM
I've seen a lot of fantastic shows in the past few years, but I want to give a special shoutout to Pantheon, which I think has been criminally overlooked. Thoughtful storytelling about topics that I think are important. I think the first season is on Amazon/Netflix, and the second on YouTube.
Couple of you might remember this goober. Trying to drag her into 2024 as I relearn how to draw.
December 1, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Couple of you might remember this goober. Trying to drag her into 2024 as I relearn how to draw.
I got myself back into drawing a few months ago, but I've mostly been focusing on sketch work and studies. Long way to go, but I feel like I'm learning a lot faster now. I think my attitude towards learning has improved over the last few years (I credit bonsai for that).
November 24, 2024 at 4:09 AM
I got myself back into drawing a few months ago, but I've mostly been focusing on sketch work and studies. Long way to go, but I feel like I'm learning a lot faster now. I think my attitude towards learning has improved over the last few years (I credit bonsai for that).
Nice to see a lot of recognizable faces here. I'll have art (drawing, bonsai, etc) to share soon, I hope. In the meantime, I'm eager to Media Socially again, so here are my cats. The internet still likes cats right?
November 23, 2024 at 12:36 AM
Nice to see a lot of recognizable faces here. I'll have art (drawing, bonsai, etc) to share soon, I hope. In the meantime, I'm eager to Media Socially again, so here are my cats. The internet still likes cats right?