Tag: #bonsai
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The End of the Road…
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Yesterday morning was one of the worst mornings I have had since this miserable situation began in March of this year. I awoke with tears in my eyes, tears I could not stop for almost an hour. There was no particular reason; I wasn’t thinking or feeling anything particular. My brain doesn’t switch on until…
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A present from the birds…
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Someone asked me the other day how many bonsai did I have in my collection, and if I had a favourite. A question I found hard to answer. I wondered why I found it hard, I mean, counting them was easy, I had twenty trees in my collection. Whether one of them was my favourite…
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Memories on a Sunday… #Autumn
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There has been a chill in the air lately, a reminder that autumn is just around the corner. I do my best work in the autumn months, so I am looking forward to a busy few months on the run up to Christmas… We have had a lot of lovely rain this week, and my…
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The Winter Bonsai… @Bonsai
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I don’t know about the rest of you, but I am getting tired of looking out my window and finding nothing interesting. I have a row of bare twigs in pots, bravely surviving the cold and miserable grey weather. It looks cold out here, and I can feel the chill through the glass. On my…
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I really don’t like Mondays…
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This is usually because I haven’t come up with any brilliant ideas over the weekend. You know the ones I mean: a simple idea that will actually work to sell more books. Or a brilliant new idea for my next book, one that will take over my brain and keep me busy for months! I…
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Grey Skies and Bonsai… #Poetry #Bonsai
Morning everyone, it’s not so good this morning. The sunshine has gone, and grey is the colour of the morning here. Those character bio’s for the book launch are not quite finished, so hoping for tomorrow. It must be the grey skies, but I feel a little doom and gloom hovering just out of sight,…
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#Bonsai… My Other Love…
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A little while ago, I wrote about the plight of one of my bonsai. In many ways, this one is my favourite, due to the intense colour of its foliage. Most of my acers tend to change their colour, either in the Spring or the autumn. This one never changes, and I love the constancy……
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A Day off?
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My favourite Rhododendron, in full bloom… Before I could decide what to do yesterday, the lure of the welcome sunshine and my forlorn, neglected bonsai had me in my gardening clothes and outside before I had a chance to argue. So no editing was done, or any housework for that matter, another area that has…
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Six Baby Leaves for Saturday…
As usual, thanks to Jim for the idea of #Six on Saturday… This acer is my oldest bonsai, and always makes my heart sing when these scarlet buds appear… Another acer, this one came to me with very dark leaves, but every year they get lighter. It has been in the wars, and nearly died,…