Natter night 7th January 2019.

The first natter night of 2019 and it was a very quiet night, with only Ken turning up, and even he did not bring anything to work on. So last week when Dave came over he noticed the bark on his Crab apple was breaking away from the trunk, so tonight I did a bit of exploring to see how far it had gone back.

After a clean up of the dead bark.

The other side.

Also after cleaning.

Even more interest in the trunk now.

Deadwood work.

I have had a busy day once more, but I did find a little time to do a bit of work on the deadwood on my Larch.

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A lot of refinement to do later.

Larch update.

A little more work done on the Jin and Shari.

Bonsai Thursday.

When Dave arrived today I was already in the studio working on the Larch I started yesterday.

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This is how it was left yesterday.

Dave and I discussed which branches needed to be removed.

After some branches were removed and others turned into Jin.

I then started to add more wire.

It still needs a lot more work, but is looking much better now.

A basic styling, but a nice image.

Bonsai Wednesday.

Now that the festivities are behind us we can get back to normal.

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I think Tony and John must be still under the influence of Xmas as they did not come over tonight.

So as I was in the studio I decided to make a start on this rather large Larch.

It needs an awful lot of wire, but I am not in a hurry.

I only got one part done.

But a good start and already showing signs of becoming a nice image.

1.1.2019.

On this morning of the first day of 2019 it looks like the start of a very nice day.

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As the sun breaks through this morning.

The moon and stars fade away.

A happy new Bonsai year to all my readers.

Bonsai.

Happy Bonsai day to one and all.

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Just remember, a Bonsai is not just for xmas, it must be looked after all year long.