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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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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...
More New Bonsai Stock Arrived
Vito's (R.I.P) replacement started work this week and his first job was a run out to collect some new stock. Here are the trees just as they arrived, weeds and all. An old collection of trees that needs a bit of TLC. Over the coming months we will be preparing these...
New Bonsai & Yamadori Stock 2017
If I say it's been a busy few months around here I will begin to sound like a broken record, but what else can I say. Everyone is bugging me for new trees right now as spring is pretty much under way. Already this year we have had over 400 trees come in and there is a...
2017 New Bonsai & Yamadori
Kaizen Bonsai’s Unsung Hero
We have suffered a sad loss recently here at KB. Ever since day one Vito has been the absolute backbone of what we have been doing. Without Vito, Kaizen Bonsai would simply not be here. Working tirelessly day or night and seven days a week Vito has been working hard...