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Preparation for exhibition
Preparation for exhibition and spring work was carried out in our small workshop today. Good weather (not extremely warm, but some sun in between) made it a pleasant day. Some shohin made prepared for exhibition two weeks ahead in the Danish Bonsai Society, and some…
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Bonsai out in the open
Finally the weather have behaved and spring signs are present. So today was the time to bring out the bonsai from their shelter. It is always a good feeling to see trees and accents placed on the benches again facing a new growing season. Almost…
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Spring – again and again
Spring comes – year after year, and it is the same joy I experience, again and again. The excitement of new growth and the worry about trees suffering from yet another cold winter. This not as bad as the two second ones, but still enough…
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Winter time
Winter hit the country again this year. Bonsai are safely placed in the greenhouse, but this year much later than normal due to a very mild November. Now is just to relax and wait for spring 😉
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Shohin frosts
The first really cold nights arrived this week, but weather turning milder and slightly warmer again. But cold nights produces wonderful hoar frosts on leaves. Please enjoy a few shots from an early morning.
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Autumn … again…
Its autumn – again. Like every year, and beautiful as always. I also always grab my camera and shoot some trees, garden scenes, leaves i.e. because I am carried away with these repeating autumn colors, year after year after ….. well, you get it. So…
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Bonsai windows
No, not that kind of Microsoft Windows but real windows. At a recent vacation in the small town Marostica in Northern Italy I did not expect to stumble on anything bonsai-ish 🙂 But as always, some kind of bonsai always pass by, and this was…
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Shohin 2012
The past weekend I attended the national annual exhibition in the Danish Bonsai Society. The event took place at a bright place at the Danish Japanese Gardens. This time my small shohin display was awarded with the runners up prize, judged by the head demonstrator…
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Humidity and heat
Shohin bonsai may dry out faster than other bonsai because they simply have a very limited amount of soil. This small amount of soil will dry out because the tree uses water to cool down by leaf transpiration at hot days, and it will dry…
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Bonsai trends on
The Hong Kong fashion and trend magazine Trends´on, features an article about European bonsai experts. The magazine features Morten Albek with Walther Pall and Stafano Frisoni in the art talk section. Pretty modern layout, putting bonsai in a new frame, and maybe appealing to others…
