I have a real love of wild birds, always have. My Dad was always pointing out birds when I was young and it has stuck with me.
I like watching them bounce around my trees beside the window were I sit at the computer.
Today I was typing away happily and all was as it should be on the benches. A few minutes later I spotted this.
My Orchid accent had been hauled out of the pot and scattered. A quick look around the benches and I spotted the offender.
Stephen took a drive up to Bali Hai Nursery today and brought back a box full of Hostas. Robert and I took a run down to his place for a look around the trees and see what Hostas he had come home with.
As usual Stephen had a cup of coffee in his hand 🙂
We had a good chat, looked around the trees and inspected his growing collection of hostas too.
Stephens new Hostas with labels to show variety names.
Stephen gave Robert this little carnivorous bog plant accent.
Some of Stephen’s existing hostas.
Some of Stephen’s bonsai
What a stunning lump of rock we live on. Pity we seem determined to feck it up!
I spotted this over on Mike Jones blog Bonsai Passion. It’s a link to a news article about trees being stolen from an 87 year old man in England. Sad to read an article such as this. What sort of human would do this?
I always look out for the first Swallow each year. Always try and spot one before my Dad but that rarely happens. As I keep this blog as a diary I thought I would add a note now as I seen the first one this year today. Funny how seeing a bird makes you happy, made my day 🙂
These Sparrows have been doing a grand job of keeping on top of the insects on a few of my trees. Supposedly on the decline in the UK, my garden is full of them. That’s great until you moss a tree for a show 
As we have come to expect, here is another excellent video in the series, this one concentrates on the pruning of Japanese Maples.
I’ve been splitting and potting up more accents. I wanted to make use of a few pots I got at the BSA exhibition.
This is a Lichen with red flowering trumpets in a Suteki pot.
Some Japanese Horsetail, also suteki pot.
and another suteki pot with an unknown plant, answers on a post card please 🙂
All still to mature but I’ll keep you posted.
I managed to take a few video clips during our bog hopping exploits last week. I’ve thrown them together for my pleasure and hopefully yours 🙂
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