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Monthly Archives: December 2011
It’s all his fault !
This may be my last post for 2011 so I thought I would highlight the guy who is responsible for subjecting all you poor souls out there who have to read this guff , responsible because if Bonsai Eejit had … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, bonsai people, NIBS, school, Willowbog, workshop
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The Studio wall mural
Several days ago a post featured the hand painted nursery sign that Janice Whittle did for us. In this post we look at the large wall mural in our bonsai studio that we asked Janice to do for us a … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai studio, inspiration, mountain scene, wall mural
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Pepsi
A throw away remark by a Facebook friend [ ex friend ? ] the other day started me thinking about the B.B.O. era at Willowbog . That’s ”before bonsai obsession ” ! Through the late seventies and into the eighties … Continue reading
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The Wark Spruce
The tree featured in this post is one of the more recent additions to the Willowbog Collection. It is a Picea abies , Norway spruce , and it is a tree that I collected myself locally. To give you an … Continue reading
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Tagged bonsai, carving, Deadwood, Norway spruce, Willowbog, yamadori
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Stoat in ermine
Not seen this little chap in a while, The 3 photos I have were all taken from the kitchen window, literally a metre from where the stoat was, the blighter never was still for a moment so the pictures are … Continue reading
The Willowbog Experience
This video has been about for a while but I thought that it would be nice to share it on this blog. In 2005 we commissioned Paul Goff to produce a short video that would really portray the essence of … Continue reading
Willowbog Collection trees, Fagus sylvatica.
It is about time we got back to trees !!! Featured here is a tree in Mr. Greedy’s bonsai collection, a European beech. A few posts ago I concentrated on the preparation for over-wintering of the deciduous bonsai in the … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn colour, bonsai, deciduous bonsai, European beech, Fagus sylvatica, white beech
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Willowbog Folk Part 3, Caz.
The other posts in this series have featured more than one character but the lady [ I use the word in its loosest possible term ] we look at today deserves, for a number of reasons not least of which … Continue reading
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This morning’s wintry scene
An interesting comparison with this day a year ago , the diary entry for the weather says, dusting of snow and an overnight low temperature of minus 6 celsius . This is our view this morning , actually we have … Continue reading
Visit to Heidelberg Bonsai
Although the quality of these scanned images is not brilliant I still intend to inflict them upon you ! Fourteen years ago a good friend of ours who lived in Germany invited us to his wedding to a lady from … Continue reading
