Thank you everyone that submitted entries in the February “Love Your Trees” contest and congratulations to Rob Kempinski for his winning entry – a rap parody aptly named ‘I Like Big Trunks’! You’ll find it on Orlando Bonsai’s Facebook page – the Feb 13 entry. Click on Orlando Bonsai Facebook under Bonsai Links to the left. I’ll be sending Rob an email with his $20 gift certificate! Here is Rob’s Sumo photo that accompanied his entry. I guess he does like BIG trunks!
February is a “lovely” month for Orlando Bonsai’s ‘Love Your Trees’ contest. Submit the winning entry and you will receive a $20 gift certificate from Orlando Bonsai. Here’s how it works. Click Bonsai Links then Orlando Bonsai facebook page. “Like” our FB page and submit an email to sandy@orlandobonsai.com that contains your entry in 150 words or 800 characters or less.
Must be an original bonsai ‘love’ poem, haiku, story or ditty about why you love or like anything bonsai-related with or without a photo of a bonsai or bonsai setting. One photo only please. A submission indicates your permission to post that story, poem, haiku, ditty or photo on Facebook or OrlandoBonsai.com. We want to share the best and most creative with everyone. Must be 18 years or older to win. Contest ends February 29, 2012. Get Creative and Good Luck!
Happy New Year, Orlando Bonsai friends and customers! 2012, really? Your bonsai are one year older and, hopefully, a little closer to perfection. Just like our trees change and evolve, so does Orlando Bonsai. First, we want to thank our customers and visitors for a really great 2011 for without you, we just take up cyberspace. Second, you’ll see a new name and face around Orlando Bonsai. Hint: see author of this post. We plan to keep the great traditions and customer service that Paul has provided and will add some of our own. Look for my bio and some new products in the near future. Paul plans to focus on other areas of his bonsai adventure so check out the Epcot International Flower and Garden Show this year and mixed in with all those hidden Mickeys you may find a hidden Paul Pikel helping bonsai artists display their awesome trees. We’d like to take a moment to thank our suppliers, especially Joshua Roth and Arbortech, for continuing to provide great product and support. Thanks again, Orlando Bonsai friends and customers - please visit often in 2012!
It feels like forever since I have posted on Orlando Bonsai. I have been creating instructional bonsai videos and it has pretty much taken all of my free time to do. However I want to get get back to updating my site with still pictures of my trees so that I can capture the progression of their development. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks aI can get my trees cleaned up enough to do some nice shots.
The following video shows the steps I take to redefine my trees and get them better looking every year.
