I really should remember that many people visiting this blog are not English speakers! By titling a recent post as ‘Big Girl’s Blouse‘, I may well be confusing the issue. Some head scratching going on I’m sure.
What made me consider this is the recent influx of Japanese hits on the blog thanks to a recent connection with Chie , a trainee at Yamato Nursery in Japan and her blog.
Through this I now introduce you to Nekotoban’s Blog. She kindly contacted me after finding me on Chie’s blog. She has recently started her own blog in English. I hope to follow her travels around some of the nurseries in Japan and I think our love of mame and shohin is mutual. Click HERE to visit the new blog. I have also added her to my friends list in the side bar.
Call me that if you like but aren’t Pink flowers pretty 😉
I posted this first one on Facebook recently. I really must be in touch with my feminine side this weather!! More pink flowers.
These are from Chie’s Blog in Japan. Doesn’t need to be a macho Conifer for me.
Loved this one too.
and this accent
Just to even out the post with a conifer 🙂
Another Mario tree update. If you haven’t got a clue why I’d be doing this, CLICK HERE
First up is his Satsuki Azalea. It’s a variety called Subaru, so I’m told. I always thought the flower colour was equal throughout this tree, as you can see, I was wrong. Nice shades of pink.
Next up is his Japanese White Pine that has budded strongly this year.
His Korean Hornbeam that got a major haircut to produce back budding on some leggy branches. It’s working.
This is his Japanese Black Pine. It had been in a small pot and I thought that while he was away for a while we could get faster development from this tree by putting it in a bigger pot. I opted for a pond basket to improve the roots.
There you go Mario, that’s your tree fix sent all the way to you out in the sands 🙂
Just to prove that even the big names get asked that infuriating bonsai question, ‘How Old Is It?’
Looking forward to my workshop with Ryan in January.
I have this lovely little Satsuki at the moment. It belongs to Bertie, one of our club members who exhibited it at our recent exhibition. I have it until he returns from holiday. I couldn’t resist a photo in flower.
I’ve been meaning to post a few images of some of the wall murals that are seen here in Northern Ireland and more specifically, in Belfast.
There’s is a lot of history here to do with the ‘Troubles’ and in the past most murals were to do with Paramilitaries on both sides of the conflict.
In recent years we have seen a slow change from this towards messages of peace and greater understanding. Some have been painted over and replaced with historical images relating to the local community.
On my way back from the exhibition on Sunday, I had the camera in the car and I jumped out and look a few quick snaps at the bottom of the Newtownards Road in Belfast. This was, and in some ways still is, an interface area where conflict occurs between both sides.
I thought this was rather inspiring.
You can see the shipyard cranes in the background. This area was were many of the workers came from to work on the Titanic. They have changed another gable wall to remember this feat.
Sadly, we still see the negative from both sides in the form of paramilitary murals. Slowly but surely I hope to see these changing to the far more inspiring ones above. The area has to be commended for the obvious changes taking place. Well done.
I was rather pleased with a few of the accents I used at the exhibition at the weekend.
A collection of plants along with some mud rock.
I’m pretty sure I can’t be ar$ed putting all the photos from the Exhibition on here as well as the club site. So here is a link to the gallery, just click on the photo to visit.
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