but just had to share this. Got a link for this in an email, thanks Hugh 🙂 Amazing footage of a glacier calving. Watch full screen on youtube for a better experience.
Channel worth a Subscribe on YT
Some good content on this channel from Jonas Sandell.
More from the Wessex Bonsai Society Auction
Carrying on from yesterday, here are a few more that caught my eye from the Wessex Bonsai Society Auction.
A few more pines. Click images for details.
Junipers
Some Flowering trees as well, including this Azalea.
and some raw material if you are looking for something to get your teeth into.
Bonsai Auction at Wessex
I think this might be the UK’s best kept secret! Which is a shame as all these trees need to be sold and as many folk as possible need to attend to make it a success. I never had the pleasure of meeting Manuel before his passing, but every single person who has had contact has had nothing but good things to say about him. His widow simply can’t look after such a large collection and all these trees need new homes. A rather large legacy.
I was chatting to Dean, who has done a fantastic job of getting these trees up on the internet for everyone to browse before the auction on 2nd March. I offered to plug the auction here and also show some of my favourites from the list. He was delighted that I would be helping to raise the profile of the auction. So here you go. In each case, click on the image for further details and guide price.
I love this little clump of Chinese Elms, so natural looking.
Another great value forest.
A very nice Trident Maple
A nice natural looking Scots Pine
I think this big Scottie is a bargain at the price. It looks as if it is growing on a British hillside somewhere.
A bargain shohin Cork Bark Elm if it goes that cheap.
Nice to see an Oak making an appearance.
A nice example of a broom Zelkova
A nice Korean Hornbeam.
A really nice Maple group
I’ll post a few more tomorrow but for further info visit the auction site HERE
Things are slow
Like many of you in the UK bonsai scene, things are quiet at the moment. Plenty of internet browsing [that explains all the video links 🙂 ]and perhaps a little reading and a few purchases in preparation for repotting time.
Today’s offering is another video link, I find them, you watch em. Everything in one place 😀
Check out the Spruce in this blog post, absolutely right up my street 🙂
Wayne Schoech, owner of Stone Lantern and well-known to many of you for his popular BonsaiBark blog, visited Portland last week for a four-day wiring immersion. Here are a few photos of his visit:
Another one!
Youtube videos coming thick and fast!
Love a Nice Nebari Me!
Great post over on Nichigo Bonsai.
Sometimes things elsewhere look better than what you might have at your own disposal. This can do two things. One is you can become inspired and in turn try to improve your situation, or you can feel defeated and do nothing and long for what is over the proverbial fence.
In terms of Australian bonsai we sometimes look over our fence (or ocean) and long for the material of Japan or the yamadori of America or Europe. Sometimes this inspires but a lot of the time due to Australia’s strict quarantine laws (making importing near impossible) and the fact that most native collectible material is protected by law it instills a feeling of giving up or accepting second best. Myself, after returning from a trip from Japan, have looked over my collection and felt as if I was so far behind that I might as well sell up and take…
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Two More Video Worth a Watch
First is Part 3 from Jose.
and then this one from Bonsai Focus showing the Alcobendas Bonsai Museum
Bonsai Eejit 