• Wednesday, June 03rd, 2009
A few months ago I recieved an e-mail from Joan Berkwitz of the Golden State Bonsai Federation asking if she could use a few pictures from my site for an article she wanted to write about my site. What? Are you kidding me!!!??? I was blown away. As most of you know, this site is just about the life of my small bonsai collection, and this was something really big to me. Of course I agreed and felt so humbled.
I hadn’t heard from her for a while, so I decided to check out their website, and there it was on page 13 (lucky number for me), the review.
May/June2009 Golden State Bonsai Federation
For the full article you can see it at http://tinyurl.com/pral9g
This publication is so much more than just the normal club newsletter. The articles are well written and cover a wide variety of topics. Thanks Joanie
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• Saturday, May 30th, 2009
My trees rarely, if ever are brought into my house. Only on very cold nights in the winter will I bring them in for a few hours. However last night my wife made a great dinner and I thought that the trees would set the mood. It never fails to amaze me just how big my trees are. On their benches they look so much smaller, but on a counter top or shelf they look huge.
Hallway Nitch
The Bunjin cypress really needs a good trimming, however the light green against the dark brown gives a really nice Zen feel.
Living room accent
I really wish I could keep this tree in doors all the time. It just fits so well and looks great in that corner.
TV Stand Bonsai
Probably the worst place to place a tree because the heat dries out the bonsai so quickly. However it looked good for the night.
Upshot of Cypress
Bonsai at sunset
The other night it had just finished raining at sunset. The color off the wet screen behind it set this beautiful picture up.
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• Thursday, May 28th, 2009
It has been raining here in Central Florida for a couple of weeks now. I think we’ve had enough for at least a little while. Even the tree won’t drink anymore. Look at this water droplet sitting on top of a Bald Cypress leaf.
Drop of water on Cypress leaf
Hasn’t anyone heard of moderation?
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• Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
I am not one for doing “instant Bonsai”. It’s really just not my thing. However I was asked a few weeks ago to participate in our club event called the three ring circus. I displayed the results of the program in an earlier post, but I wanted to show the tree I had to work with.
Shimpaku Juniper Pre-bonsai
As you can see there were about four trunks all going in different directions, and to make things worse all the foliage was at the end of the branches.
Raffia and trunk line
The trunk line wasn’t obvious by any means, but the way the base of the tree flowed, it just seemed to want to be a cascade of some sort.
Semi Cascade Shimpaku Juniper
After a lot of bending this was the results. I hope to get one more picture in a bonsai pot to really show the propoer angle, and maybe a few more bends.
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