Winter Silhouette Bonsai Exhibition, Kannapolis, NC, Dec 3-4, 2022

SouthernMaple

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No it’s not seagrove, but I would love to go there one day. I agree I’m going to miss out on some good trees and vendors, but family first. I got to meet @Pitoon last year and was hoping to meet more, hopefully next year. I hate that the NC arboretum is not doing it anymore, now I have to wait a whole year. Maybe I should start a show in my town, haha.
a little birdie told me there will be a show in asheville this summer june 2-12th I believe, its at the blue spiral art gallery and the second weekend the arboretum will be having a mini expo, bjorn will be doing demos at both places
 

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a little birdie told me there will be a show in asheville this summer june 2-12th I believe, its at the blue spiral art gallery and the second weekend the arboretum will be having a mini expo, bjorn will be doing demos at both places
Hope that little birdie is right. I have only been to Asheville once and of course I visited the Blue Spiral. I have been looking for another reason to return.
I am leaving with 6 boxes of pots for Kannapolis in about an hour or so.
 

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Wish I could make it, sounds like a fun time!
Long drive for you. When I get to Colorado in the next year or two, I'll look you up. Will also try to catch up with Shady Stump.

Carrying my luggage and cooler out now .............
 

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i thought he was a little taller than expected, don't be let down.
I thought taller was good? :) You should see my son, he's 6'5". Then again, my daughter is 5'4" :)

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Long drive for you. When I get to Colorado in the next year or two, I'll look you up. Will also try to catch up with Shady Stump.

Carrying my luggage and cooler out now .............
Would love to have you over to my garden if you find yourself in this neck of the woods :)
 

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Great seeing so many people at the show! Turnout was awesome and I met some new people and got to say "hi" to old friends. Got to talk to @Mac In Oak Ridge for about an hour before it came up that I was associated with the web site :) Difficult to stay focused chatting with so many people while bonsai were being shown in the background :) Though I wasn't planning on buying anything, I came home with a fun trident maple!

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Great seeing so many people at the show! Turnout was awesome and I met some new people and got to say "hi" to old friends. Got to talk to @Mac In Oak Ridge for about an hour before it came up that I was associated with the web site :) Difficult to stay focused chatting with so many people while bonsai were being shown in the background :) Though I wasn't planning on buying anything, I came home with a fun trident maple!

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@Bonsai Nut it was nice to finally meet you. Now I just need to convert you over to mame size 😁
 

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I hate I missed you guys, I looked you @SouthernMaple , rob said you were there while I was there. @Bonsai Nut , I was hoping to get to meet you along with @Gsteil . Maybe next time.
I thought I found you so asked a guy next to me in line if he was Matt and he said yea. I said, MateO From Bnut? He looked very confused and we sorted it out from there, haha.
 

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Any pictures of the exhibits from this weekend?
I know there were professional photos taken. But here are a couple from my phone. Amazing trees as usual!
 

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@Gsteil we missed each other again? I was there on the side where they did the demos. My table was alongside @penumbra and had all the mame/shohin pots laid out on the table in the first room.
 
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