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Collected Hemlocks – Mother and Daughter

I was trying to come up with a catchy title for this blog and could not come up with a good one.   The mother and daughter, although a little cheesy, seemed to be appropriate for this pair of trees.   This was the pair of trees I worked on in Spring of this year with myContinue reading “Collected Hemlocks – Mother and Daughter”

Wild Azalea

These photos of a very large azalea keeps coming up on my laptop’s photo library, so I thought I’d share the story.  The photos were taken on May 28, 2012 just before it went to a bonsai auction.  The flowers were timed perfectly for the auction which was roughly about a week from that date. I boughtContinue reading “Wild Azalea”

Restyling a Pinus Contorta

I wrote about this tree earlier this year https://wordpress.com/post/81919794/15/.  I’ve also been wanting to restyle this tree as the top has become visually heavy for the size of trunk it has.   This is a Pinus Contorta (Lodge Pole pine or Shore Pine).  I’ve envisioned this tree as  a “bunjin” or literati style  which should have a sparse topContinue reading “Restyling a Pinus Contorta”

Collaborating with Nature – Search for Relevance of Bonsai Art and Self

About a week from today, one of my bonsai trees will be on display at the Portland Art Museum for The Artisans Cup (an Exhibition of American Bonsai) http://www.theartisanscup.com/.  Needless to say, I’m very excited about this event.   There are  3 main reasons for my excitement: 1) Most obvious reason…my tree will be on display 2) IContinue reading “Collaborating with Nature – Search for Relevance of Bonsai Art and Self”

IMAGINE THIS – GREEN CUBE

Around 2002 I had a surge of ideas that came to me while working as a project manager for a large mechanical company.  We installed building HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) for buildings and their controls.   At the time it was winter and I was very much into bonsai and want to continue toContinue reading “IMAGINE THIS – GREEN CUBE”

A Lot to Learn about Bonsai

I’m reblogging Michael Hagaedorn’s post on junipers as a reminder of juniper care for my own collection.  I had a personal experience of the pinching errors that Michael talks about.  I posted earlier of my shimpaku juniper I call “infity”.  I shaped this tree as if it was immortal and got a little carried away. Continue reading “A Lot to Learn about Bonsai”

Whale Watching Turned Bonsai Sight Seeing

What does a bonsai fanatic do during a whale watching expedition? Look for trees….of course.  Yes seeing Orca whales at Salish Seas are a rare site and they are beautiful but for a bonsai person like me,  I had more fun taking pictures of trees along the weather worn rock cliffs by the water.  Here areContinue reading “Whale Watching Turned Bonsai Sight Seeing”

Friendship: Serendipity of Bonsai

I’ve been wanting to write  a blog post about this tree for sometime but what to write about it, it’s challenging to decide.  There could be several possible topics that could be written about it but what I will attempt do convey is how this tree developed beautifully throughout the years but how it alsoContinue reading “Friendship: Serendipity of Bonsai”