The wife spotted this article in the daily Mail. Interesting work. Click on the image to see the article.
… and the Sunday workshop
I’ll be going back over some of the trees worked on individually but in the mean time here’s another gallery for you to see the action.
It was a long day, workshop started at 10am and I think we sat down in front of an open fire at 8.15 pm.
Bonsai School
Just getting around to sorting out the photos from the weekend. Here’s the photos from the Saturday School session.Peter Snart from Willowbog focused the day on Forest Plantings. Part of the day was taken up with a demo were we put together a slab of Spruce. I was able to get involved a little with placement and getting my hands messy with Keto and moss placement .
Further info can be seen HERE on the Club blogsite.
Knackered!
I was seriously considering not posting at all to day but I can’t let a good run end so easily 🙂
Just spend a very busy 2 days hosting our Club Bonsai School and Workshop with Willowbog Bonsai. I’m shattered now and Peter is already away to bed. One of the main reasons was the wiring of Hugh’s Scots Pine. Phil helped a little with it on the day 😉
Before
After
Starting to Move
I checked most of my trees last Sunday and didn’t see many signs of Spring. Then, 4 days later, I checked again. This was what I found on Thursday!
These are fast swelling flower buds on a Fuji Cherry.
These are Trident Maple buds, 3 different trees.
I even saw a cloud of midges outside our lounge window! February? What’s going on!!
Cork Bark Elm Winter Image
I eventually got around to taking a few snaps of this Cork Bark Elm yesterday.
I’m trying to keep a decent record of it through the years to capture how the ramification improves.
It’s field grown tree and this is now it’s 3rd year in a pot from collection.
Grown from a cutting, it’s taken 11 years to get it to this point.
Back To School 2012
Just spent a few hours in the garage with the Bonsai Baker getting it sorted for this Weekends Bonsai School.
I can’t believe that it’s been a full year since our club started this event. Basically we bring Willowbog Bonsai to us three times a year. The Saturdays are a school based set up followed by a workshop on the Sunday. All the club members get to have a browse through Peter’s pots, tools, trees etc. This is no small thing for us as Northern Ireland doesn’t have anything even remotely approaching a Bonsai Dealer.
Anyway, here’s the garage after a little work, already to rock and roll.
Noelanders Video Series
Here’s some more photos and footage taken at the Noelanders Trophy by Hans Vleugels.
As Mrs Brown would say, ‘That’s Nice’
I suppose you have to watch Mrs Brown to get that, and to be honest, it’s out of context. When Mrs Brown says, ‘That’s Nice’, she really means ‘Feck Off!!’ In this case it really was nice to read another persons comments about this blog and for them to think enough of it to mention it on their own.
Cheers Mike K.
What’s he prattling on about I here you say, Go to MiKo Bonsai Blog to see for yourself.
And here’s a taster of Mrs Brown, one of the few Comedy Programmes that actually makes me laugh out Loud. Strong Language Warning!
More from Jose.. Kokufu 3&4
Here are two more videos from Jose Acuna’s youtube channel showing Kokufu market related happenings.
Bonsai Eejit 