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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
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Puget Sound Bonsai Association Winter Silhouette Show
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
Subalpine fir paired with an American Indian raven mask. This is part of a virtual winter silhouette show happening now. See the full show at http://www.pugetsoundbonsai.com . Also vote for your favorite trees there. The subalpine fir is a Pacific NW native tree. These trees lived among the native dwellers of this land, the American Indians. NW American Indians believed that the raven is a creature of metamorphosis, and symbolizes change/transformation. Native holy men understood what the physical eye sees, is not necessarily the truth, and he would call upon the Raven for clarity in these m ..read more
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The Zen of Furiosa – Garden Description Lost in Translation
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
Today is the start of the 2020 NW Flower and Garden Festival. This year I decided to create a bonsai garden that is unique and far fetched from your traditional bonsai garden. During our this whole process I’ve been working with the show organizers and submitting all the requirements they need to get this garden in their show. One of the last things they need was a Public Relations (PR) questionnaire. I did my best to provide what they needed. One of them is the garden description. I provided them a narrative that would best describe my garden and what went on in my mind when I was creating it ..read more
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Bonsai is Addicting and It’s Good For You
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
I was going to use this as my cover photo for this post. Not sure how it will show. This is a photo of a drawing on Kodak slide. I did this in 1985 when I was still in high school. I confess, yesterday we went to a 5:30pm Saturday evening mass and while sitting at church relaxed (maybe too relaxed) trying to be mindful of what is going on, my mind wanders and started thinking about my massive lilac tree. It was a beautiful sunny November day yesterday and had a chance to work in the yard. After doing some the chores of weeding and leaf blowing, I saved some bonsai work for last. I repotted a v ..read more
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Bonsai+Insane = Boinsane or Bonsane
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
  If you Google “boinsane”, it will respond “Do you mean: bo insane”.  The top search brings up Tae Bo Insane Abs DVD video of Billy Blanks.  Billy Blanks is a martial arts dude turned fitness guru.  This means that I maybe the first to use this word to describe a bonsai enthusiast that have become insane or on the verge of becoming insane. I used to love playing the board game Scrabble that’s probably why I like word play.   The word bonsa”I” is in bo”I”nsa(  )ne but the ” I “ is displaced.   Yes, the ” I ” is displaced.&nb ..read more
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Seeing Double
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
  Aging is something we will all go through.  Rather than fighting and denying it, accept it and do it gracefully.  The choice is yours, do you want to age like a fine wine or a sour vinegar?  Why do I bring this up?  3 reasons:  1) The title of this post reminded me of aging because the only one thing about aging that I have the least control of is my eyesight.  Without my reading glasses, things are blurry and almost like seeing double ( or multiple blurry images).  2) Bonsai is a great example of aging gracefully.  If only I can age ligh ..read more
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Maple Under Construction
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
Here’s a maple that was collected from a landscape job in January 2016.  The owner pruned it very badly.  They want to get rid of it and I salvaged it.  I put it in bonsai soil 2017 and fertilized it heavily.   Last fall I cut major branches and did some carving to start the bonsai shape.  I recently repotted the tree to a shallower bonsai pot.  This year, I will feed this tree heavily to encourage more growth, especially towards the trunk’ This is the tree now. Plenty of roots when I repotted it. But cut some large ones to fit in this pot. Thi ..read more
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Leaf Forward – A Lesson of Hope from Bonsai
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day here in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday’s weather is definitely Spring like. I finally got a chance to pick up a yard of pumice from a landscape supply place to get ready for a repotting session next weekend. I’m looking forward to have a group of folks from our local club volunteer to help me with my repotting. It will be a good time to share knowledge, social bonding, and get some work done. Before I sat down to write this post however, a light hail just dropped and the weather prediction for next couple of days will hit lows at freezing or near freezing ..read more
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Collecting Trip
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
Going through my WordPress draft,  I found this entry that I never posted.  This was part of my account when I went on a collecting trip with friend Ryan Huston, fellow blogger and part of Puget Sound Bonsai Association  RY2TREE2.  I was using my phone to record the entry below at the time: “Finally fulfilled one of my bucket list on my bonsai experience, yamadori collecting. A friend from our local club and a fellow blogger Ryan Huston invited me to go bonsai collecting. Ryan met a fellow bonsai enthusiast Rick Katzin (Roberts Mountain Bonsai Project)who has acre ..read more
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Bums to Celebrities
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by tony bonsaiko
2y ago
Just want to share these before and after photos of some the trees I have currently on display at the NW Flower and Garden Show in Seattle. Please click on the photos to see the caption on when the before photos were taken. The show will go on until Sunday February 11, 2018 ..read more
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