My constant shadow these days is Maggie, my Springer Spaniel.
Always wants to be at my feet, no matter what I’m doing. Sometimes that means getting a little messy 🙂
Category general interest
Friends Flowers
I visited a friends garden a few days back and snapped a few of his flowers in the garden. Some stunning clematis.
Ben’s Kew Visit
A gallery of snaps from Ben’s visit to Kew Gardens this weekend. Tree top walkway, alpine garden , orchids and of course bonsai 🙂
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25 Years …
Rubbing Shoulders….
… with celebs.
I was at a Gala Evening tonight helping to fund raise for a new charity helping to tackle Human trafficking in Northern Ireland. Ross Kemp very kindy flew over to be out guest speaker for the night. Fair play to the guy, he’s passionate about this subject and did a great job on the night. I was lucky to be in the position to have a pint of the black stuff with him. A good bloke.
Happy St Patricks Day
Friday Night Lights ….
… in the garage 🙂
Some friends came over last night to do a little tree work, mostly repotting, well, that’s not true, it was mostly banter and craic 😉
Ian B’s Cotoneaster
Michael the Wirer
Bertie’s Shohin Larch parade
Ben’s Pyracantha Lump
The gathering
Ben’s Trident before repot
Cotoneaster after repot
Ian B’s Mugo after repot
John Larch project
Still wiring
Hornbeam heave
Graham Juni
The lump repotted
Ian B’s Pyracantha before repot
Trident After repot
Pyracantha after repot
Hornbeam after repot
Bonsai NekNomination ?!
#changeonething #onlygoodthings
Most of you will have heard of the craze that is sweeping the world via Facebook.
NekNomination – which is known by various monikers and spellings in different regions – is a game in which a person is filmed downing their drink in one go, before nominating others to do the same on camera. Frequently, they nominate friends in other countries, which is how the fad has spread so quickly around the world.
This craze has resulted in many deaths two of which have been here in the UK and Ireland.
READ HERE
I teach young people about drugs and alcohol and how to stay safe, so as you would expect, this particular craze grabbed my attention. As I researched it further I came across some who were making a stand to turn a negative into a positive. This video shows one should person.
People like this are doing their bit via twitter #changeonething #onlygoodthings to turn a bad thing into something good.
Well this got me thinking! What about starting a ‘Bonsai NekNomination’? I’ll start…
Our club got a new member at the weekend. Drew is 16 years old and just starting bonsai. When many teenagers are more interested on xbox or alcohol, here is a young man who is doing something much more positive in his life.
To encourage him I gave him a Taxus Baccatta, Yew, as his first tree. This was repotted and pruned at our club workshop on Sunday where Peter Snart of Willowbog Bonsai gave him a pot for the tree. This was my ‘Bonsai NekNomination’. This is Drew’s day in pictures.
Well done Drew, not easy to be thrown in at the deep end with a bunch of strangers, but you took it in your stride. Lets keep it going 🙂
So this is my challenge to you blog readers. Whether you are into bonsai, photography or whatever other reason you visited this page. I ‘Bonsai Nek Nominate’ you to #change one thing. Think about what you could do to encourage someone to take the first step in your field, club, hobby, whatever it may be. Of course I’d love to hear about any Bonsai related ones here and I’d I’d be happy to blog it. Over to you……
Akadama or Not?
An interesting article over on Bonsai Empire. You can make your own mind up.
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2014
Happy New Year everyone. A bit of a sore head today, took down my Christmas tree but I don’t think that counts as tree maintenance 🙂 Looking forward to what 2014 brings.
Lets do it together….
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