Sad perhaps, but sometimes foliage makes me happy 🙂 I love looking over the benching and seeing the different colours.
Yes, very sad indeed!
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Shohin Maple
My shohin Maple leafing out after defoliation.
Hostas Nearly There
A few of my hostas are teasing me with flower heads!
Cracker Crumbs
Kalgoorlie Tree
My sister, who lives in Perth, Western Australia, posted this photo on Facebook recently. She was in Kalgoorlie and took this photo of a tree at Lake Ballard. A strange looking place. I guess she knew I’d like the photo 🙂
You can just see where the tree is to the right at the top of the island.
Some strange Sculptures on the salt flats.
Those Irish get everywhere 🙂
Mario Update
Another Mario tree update. If you haven’t got a clue why I’d be doing this, CLICK HERE
First up is his Satsuki Azalea. It’s a variety called Subaru, so I’m told. I always thought the flower colour was equal throughout this tree, as you can see, I was wrong. Nice shades of pink.
Next up is his Japanese White Pine that has budded strongly this year.
His Korean Hornbeam that got a major haircut to produce back budding on some leggy branches. It’s working.
This is his Japanese Black Pine. It had been in a small pot and I thought that while he was away for a while we could get faster development from this tree by putting it in a bigger pot. I opted for a pond basket to improve the roots.
There you go Mario, that’s your tree fix sent all the way to you out in the sands 🙂
Shohin Satsuki
I have this lovely little Satsuki at the moment. It belongs to Bertie, one of our club members who exhibited it at our recent exhibition. I have it until he returns from holiday. I couldn’t resist a photo in flower.
Belfast Walls
I’ve been meaning to post a few images of some of the wall murals that are seen here in Northern Ireland and more specifically, in Belfast.
There’s is a lot of history here to do with the ‘Troubles’ and in the past most murals were to do with Paramilitaries on both sides of the conflict.
In recent years we have seen a slow change from this towards messages of peace and greater understanding. Some have been painted over and replaced with historical images relating to the local community.
On my way back from the exhibition on Sunday, I had the camera in the car and I jumped out and look a few quick snaps at the bottom of the Newtownards Road in Belfast. This was, and in some ways still is, an interface area where conflict occurs between both sides.
I thought this was rather inspiring.
You can see the shipyard cranes in the background. This area was were many of the workers came from to work on the Titanic. They have changed another gable wall to remember this feat.
Sadly, we still see the negative from both sides in the form of paramilitary murals. Slowly but surely I hope to see these changing to the far more inspiring ones above. The area has to be commended for the obvious changes taking place. Well done.
My Accents from the Exhibition
I was rather pleased with a few of the accents I used at the exhibition at the weekend.
A collection of plants along with some mud rock.
Exhibition Gallery
I’m pretty sure I can’t be ar$ed putting all the photos from the Exhibition on here as well as the club site. So here is a link to the gallery, just click on the photo to visit.
Hawk Eye
Phil allowed me to leave the exhibition marquee for a few minutes on Sunday and I managed to snap a few quick photos of the Birds of Prey that were on display within the campus grounds. Here are a few shots. Stunning birds, although they look a little bored!
Bonsai Eejit 