This little San Jose Juniper got a refining on Saturday at a one to one session. A few more issues to address next year but it’s coming along nicely for it’s owner.
Before
After
My Korean Hornbeam was very slow to drop leaves this Autumn. This was it on the 15th November!
This was it this weekend just past it’s best colour.
After a clean up for Winter.
If you remember a few months back I asked if anyone was up to the task of helping me revamp my logo. To my rescue came Jurgen Robyns from Makisada Ceramics.
I asked that the logo be pretty much the same idea as the current one but with more detail and and few extras like a better tree and a pair of scissors in hand. Jurgen was a star and came up with the image below. He even took a few progression shots for me.
What is it about these talents artists, is one discipline not enough, not only can he draw but he makes stunning pots as well! More about them later as he’s a few special ones in progress at the moment that I want to share with you when they are completed.
For now, you’ll have to make do with my logo. It’ll take a while for me to get rid of the old one from everywhere I use it!!
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This sweet little pine has been in the Puget Sound (Northwestern USA) area since 1989. It was collected by John Muth. Some of you might remember it from the 1992 cover of Bonsai Clubs International. I remember seeing it in a bonsai exhibition years ago in Seattle, sitting off in a corner, looking quite distinguished. Recently this tree passed to a client of mine, and we reworked it.
In 1992 fewer possibilities for the styling of this tree existed. Just a few unramified branches were present, as is often the case with newly collected Ponderosa. Now we have more complex branching options. It’s a good example of a Ponderosa that over time has done pretty tidy job of growing out branches and ramifying.
Early image of this Ponderosa pine, 22 years ago, on the cover of Bonsai Clubs International.
Before we started work on the tree.
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These always make for interesting viewing.
A nice 8 mile walk in woods and then coastline. Always nice to see the seasons change.
Always a sucker for fungi
This Birch was clinging on to life. This whole side was deadwood but a live vein can be seen running up the other side.
Fungi forest
A mighty Oak
Low Winter sun
My constant companion on a walk, Maggie. Smudge is somewhat of a front runner and prone to run ahead to the nearest person at the waters edge willing to throw a stone for him. One of these days someone’s going to pinch him on me!
I popped over to a friends house on Saturday with a view to helping him select a tree for entering in Bonsai Europa next Autumn. It was nice to see some of these trees for the first time in Winter image.
This Beech is a monster.
This Acer Campestre or Field Maple isn’t much smaller.
And a little smaller again, this Ulmus Glabra or Wych Elm. Hard to see with the poor backdrop but again, you get the idea.
And last but not least is a Hazel, it’s covered in Catkins for next Spring and even produced 6 Hazelnuts this year past.
Tree selected and plans made. Josh in one of the nicest bonsai people I know but then the rest of us are all oddballs 🙂
In mid-July, Owen Reich and the Nashville club put on a tasteful show with high quality trees and accents. Here is a gallery from the show.
JRP Jane Kluis:
Kusamono:
Juniper:
Trident maple:
Ponderosa Pine:
ROR Trident:
Sage:
Shohin Rack, stewartia top, crab lower right, pyracantha lower left:
Shohin juniper:
Mike Blanton’s “Bucket List” juniper. A massive and incredible tribute:
Clump JBP:
Nice dwarf hinoki:
Azalea:
Bill’s shishigashira:
Trident maple paired very nicely with an interesting pot. This one was “on tour” this year, appearing in Nashville, Rochester, and Ashville!
More next week. Happy Thanksgiving, and ROLL TIDE!
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