Bonsai Thursday with Dave.

As it was very frosty here today there was not a lot we could do with the trees, so we were just chatting when Margery arrived with an old swivel chair for the workshop. As I had already purchased two last week I decided to turn it into a table for working on the trees.

No sooner said than done, with some decking boards and a few screws, hey presto all done.

The height is also adjustable, which makes it a very useful addition to the studio.

Thanks Margery.

Frosty.

It has been a little frosty in the garden this morning.

But it looks like we could have a nice sunny day.

Andy's new Larch.

Here are some photos of Andy's new Larch he got on Monday.

This looks like a really old tree.

A close up of the beautiful bark.

Also looks like a very nice Nebari as well.

Andy will be doing this tree at Robert's workshop here in Spring.

Natter night 21st November 2016.

Tonight I had a surprise visitor from the Scottish land in the form of Robert Porch,who had come down this way to deliver a tree to someone,and decided to pay me a visit with Boxie.

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Always nice to see you Robert.

Robert did a critique on one of my Squamata Junipers.

Which Boxie kindly removed the wire for me.

Boxie also brought this rather nice Maple with him, this was also critiqued and had a couple of branches removed.

Next for the chop, sorry slight prune, was this Larch which belongs to Susan G.

A nice tree for a workshop with Robert in Spring.

Another Larch, which now belongs to Andy P, will also be a workshop tree.

I did manage to remove the wire from this Larch, which is one of mine.

Despite the weather being foul the banter was really good and everyone really enjoyed themselves very much. 

Garden visit.

On Saturday we visited the garden of Brian T not far outside the city, not the best of weather but a good day out.

Lovely garden.

Also some nice Bonsai.

A very nice White Pine.

The sausage rolls were very welcome, thanks Marie.

Bonsai Thursday with Dave.

Today Dave and me had a look at this Larch, which belong's to Dave, and decided to start a restyle on it.

The original apex was defoliated .

Prior to turning it into Jin.

The long straight Jin was shortened and with the aid of a guy wire we started to bring one of the branches up to create a new apex.

This was as far as we got today, still a lot of work to do.

More next Thursday.

Natter night 14th November 2016.

As I said in my last post I got started on the second Larch and even managed to get it finished tonight.

This was how it looked yesterday.

I started by removing the old needles and wiring the lower left branch.

All the other old needles were then removed and a lot of wire was added.

I thought I had no chance of getting finished tonight, but with a little help from Boxie, here it is.

Back outside with the light on, you can see the final image better.

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Ken M brought the second of his Common Juniper to work on.

After a light prune and a small bit of wiring, it is showing sign's of becoming a very nice tree.

Only two trees tonight, but a lot of work achieved.