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Ranting and Raving
I know y'all missed me ranting and raving. So, apropos of nothing other than my own therapy here are my thoughts, revelations and reminiscences for the Easter holidays based on my year so far. Should pass a little time if you are stuck in a traffic cue or airport. No need to comment š Funny world we are living in just now, perhaps not the most appropriate term but itās my way of looking on the bright side, I think they call it irony. I spend most of my time dazed and confused, frustrated and angry and frankly entirely bewildered by a cacophony of noise from a world I barely want to inhabit...
With Age Comes Wisdom….Or Not
Oscar Wilde wrote "With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.ā Turns out he was right. Scientists have found that growing older is no guarantee of growing wiser, if wisdom is an intuitive knack for grasping basic beneficial behaviours. Iām not sure why it was necessary to be a scientist to figure that one out. It appears to me that putting the word āscientistā into any circumstance these days adds weight regardless of how ludicrous the proposition but, let's park that or Iāll be here all week. Basically, not everyone who gets old gets smart, take a look around you. I recently had...
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This Could Take Some Time
A few years ago i ran a series of articles in the bonsai magazine telling the story of some trees over their ten year journey from collecting to becoming bonsai. After nigh on thirty years of working with collected trees I am adamant that, in the UK at least, ten...
āLittle Strokes Fell Great Oaks.ā
It's almost impossible to believe it has been nearly thirty years since I bought my first bonsai tree. A great deal has happened since then including Kaizen Bonsai and an inconceivable number of trees have passed through my hands. One thing that happens from time to...
Now That’s FUNNY
I buy a lot of bonsai trees it's about half of my day job, the other half is obviously selling them. If you have ever bought two hundred odd individual and different bonsai in an afternoon you will be only too aware of how one very much blends into another. I also...
Sabina Junipers First Work
It's been a wonderful week here at KB. We have just the right number of orders coming in and now the evil north wind has gone and the weather is beautiful. 15c outdoors and 40c in the greenhouse and no daytime rain for over two months. Trees are looking beautiful and...
Myth, Prejudice, Folklore & Floppy Blooms
Over the years I have learned that in order to be successful at anything in life one has to be prepared to master any number of peripheral skills. Simply grasping the intended skill is rarely enough to ensure success. Where bonsai is concerned I have always found one...
Nothing to do with Bonsai
The only real peace and quiet I get around here is when I am not "around here". Working from home is to live at work, work begins at the bottom of our stairs. Fortunately I only live half a mile from absolute peace and tranquility. Last weekend I was out with my two...