Last Sunday I walked a bit of the County Down coastline with Stephen and Philip. WE could hardly call it walking in a Winter Wonderland but it was pleasant al the same. Trees, birds, water, dogs, wind! take your pick. Notice a confused gorse bush in flower!
This old tree is a bit of a landmark if you live in Bangor County Down. It can be seen from the road when travelling from Bangor to Holywood. It’s in a now famous field as Rihanna cavorted around in it during the Summer and got told off by a local farmer 🙂
Michael over on his futterwithtrees blog photographed it back in December 2011 but as you can see, recent storms have reduced the tree even further.
This is Michaels shot last year
and mine from last weekend
Where has the year gone!!
I would like to wish all the followers of my blog a very Happy christmas. Your support and friendship means a lot.
Grown from a cutting, starting to look the part.
I brought this Group of 3 larch in for a trim back yesterday. I had planned to split the group perhaps create a bigger scene, but trying to source extra trees with the same quality of bark and ramification has proved a chore. I have therefore decided to sell the group over the next few months. I have had my fun with it but want to give my time to other trees and projects. The 3 larch all came from the wild in Scotland and have great quality bark. The rock element in this landscape was collected from Lough Corrib and has great character. The pot is Walsall Ceramics.
Before trim
This was it with Autumn colour last Autumn.
Last Winter
Back in 1997 when I first put it together.
Back in 2000 when I tried it on slate for a while.
Close up of the Corrib Rock element.
If anyone is interested in buying this, just drop me an email bonsaieejit@gmail.com.
Thought I would share a link to the latest episode of the BBC’s Countryfile programme which looks at the spread of new diseases across the UK in recent years.
Where does this leave bonsai and imported trees?
Click on the image to link to the BBC iplayer to see the show. Apologies if anyone outside of the UK has problems viewing this.
Mr Snart, posted a link to this article on Facebook yesterday and I thought it was worth sharing. Click on the image to read.
Another great episode from the chaps, and good out takes too lol
Photo-shopped panoramic photo showing the Mourne Mountains from Dundrum, County Down.
I realise that it’s a bit small here, so click on the image to see a bigger version.
I was working down that way on Monday and stopped not long after sunrise to take a few snaps.
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