Mar 29 2013

Sagami Exhibition Japan

Whilst everyone is in Shohin mode I thought I would share these photos from the Sagami Exhibition shared via Yama-chan Blog

Mar 28 2013

Bonsai Blogging it Tonight

Just did my regular run through of blogs that I follow and thought I’d share a few links to some posts that I found interesting.

500,000 Blog Hits!

Well at some point during the night I past the 500,000 blog hits here on bonsaieejit.com. It’s actually at 509,000 by the time I got home from work! I vaguely remember my nephew saying, ‘ You’ll hit 500,000 in no time’, when I hit 10,000. I laughed at him!

It’s not really a bonsai diary any more, although I still use it as such. It’s become a bit of a one stop shop for bonsai on the internet, new videos, good blogs, interesting articles and events, etc. I do my far share of reblogging and sharing, but isn’t that what bonsai is all about, sharing and friendship, oh, and wee trees 😉

I have had hits from 163 countries across the world, the latest being Curacao [look it up!]

I have made 1214 blog posts and of late, these have been daily. I honestly think I’m getting a little OCD about it ❗

So many new bonsai friends, I only wish I had the money to travel the world and meet you all. As usual, any suggestions of future content, ideas etc, will all be well received.

Next update will be 1 million hits it took 2 years to get half, it’ll be interesting to see what happens.

Thank you for following, sharing, supporting, bantering, Linking, commenting and being all round good eggs.

Feb 11 2013

New Club Site for Eda Uchi Kai

Thought I would share this link to the new website/blog for Eda Uchi Kai. Looking back through their meeting photos it is plain to see what a high standard of bonsai this club has aspired too. Well worth a follow I think.

Feb 10 2013

Two Year Anniversary

Just got a message from WordPress to say happy second anniversary for my blog.

Two years!! Hard to believe. It was slow to gain momentum but then about 10 months in, things surprisingly took off. I reckon at my current rate of hits I’ll see 500,000 hits in about a month which is truly staggering.

Anyway, thanks for all the hits, follows, subscriptions, likes, reblogs, shares,etc.

Feb 8 2013

Bonsai Bloggers

I always like to post a few other bonsai blogs from time to time to show what else is on offer if you look for it. It’s especially good if you can find active blogs with regular quality posts. Here are a few that are active at the moment.

Danny Use at Gingko is posting some great stuff at the moment and pretty much on a daily basis. I especially love his posts showing trees developing over a number of years. If you haven’t checked it out yet, go back through the older postings. Just click on the image below to visit.

Next up is a blog from Tomas Kovsca, in Slovenia. Language shouldn’t be a barrier to bonsai. I use Google Chrome as a browser to translate text within a post. It’s not perfect, but good enough to follow the meaning of a post topic. Again click on the image below to link to this blog.

I just have to promote Mr Warren again by way of encouraging him to keep up the postings from Japan and elsewhere on his worldwide trips. He’s a very unassuming chap who does little in the way of self promotion. His work speaks for itself, so perhaps promotion isn’t required! I personally hold him in high regard, just don’t bloody tell him I said it 🙂 Click image below to view link.

Next up is Dylan Fawcett’s very educational blog Bonsai Prelude. Some great posts with plenty of reading too.

The first bonsai blog I ever followed Kingii, in Spanish but a very active blog with some stunning trees being produced. This is why Spanish Bonsai is ahead of the game in Europe. Also the El Tim or The Team linked closely with Kingii is worth following.

One of my favourites is Bjorn’s Bjorvala Bonsai with regular posts from Japan and not to mention the Video Series Bonsai Art of Japan. well worth a follow.

I have to finish off with Peter Snarts Willowbog Chat blog. I have a vested interest in it as I helped Peter get it set up but Peter has embraced the blogging concept and is always adding good quality and informative posts. Well worth subscribing too for the regular updates.

That should keep you going for a while 🙂 All images above are links. I have come across a few new start up blogs lately. Once I see the posts pick up, I’ll share them here too. Share the love people 🙂 If you like what you see, why not follow the blog by signing up for notifications by rss, email etc. This will act as encouragement for all and we’ll see even more posts.

Jan 15 2013

New Blog Bundle for 2013

I follow most blogs I come across with Google Reader and over the last few years have created bundles for others to follow.

Things were getting a little messed up on my reader and I decided to delete the older bundles and create a new bundle of 281 blogs and feeds.

Apologies to those who were using the older bundles. I’m not sure what went wrong! You will now find everything in the one place with the 2013 Bonsai Blog Bundle. Click on the image below to subscribe or you can find it at any time on my sidebar near the bottom.

If your blog is missing from the bundle and you want it added, send me an email to bonsaieejit[at]gmail.com and I’ll give you an add.

Jan 10 2013

European Bonsai Forum Read This!

I’m on the European Bonsai Forum among many others. I tend to read and lurk more than post there. Something I should Try and do something about!

I felt compelled to share a link to this post titled ‘Enrico Savini. Progetto futuro bonsai school’ I’m pretty sure everyone can read it without being an enrolled member. That said, it’s worth signing up to for those of us with Native European species.

Why am I sharing a link to this post? Simple, It is refreshing to read an honest account of bonsai in Europe. Enrico’s thoughts on Yamadori, tree pricing really struck a cord with me.

Don’t take my word for it, read it for yourself. Just click on the image below to visit the post.