As my wife has already alluded to ... Having Kathy Shaner visit our home soon is a long time dream come true. I am looking forward to one killer afternoon!
Other would surely include Hans as I have always loved his way with Larch (something that keeps showing up in the collection) ...
That about sums things up ... :) but I have a little more to add.
If you want to get gnarly ancient looking old branches in the span of 6" or less you are gunna need some help ... wire is kind enough to help us out. It's a tool and we are artists. hint -- artists use tools.
The original...
some people use simple oils like olive oil ( i like cold pressed xtra virgin myself ) ... I also sometimes use beech nut oil ... honestly all of them work.... and facial oil works as well ..... technically I use what ever I think of at the time.... :p
as my gorgeous wife has already mentioned this summer was to put it in one word.... crazy ....
as far as pinus flexilis goes ... we don't have any however I am interested in them myself .... I had an opportunity to collect them in the past and as we have little white pine success I did not...
come on Al .... ur just mad cuz you like arguing with harry there and would miss it .... tell the truth.... its ok .... we already know ....
BTW i agree the above sections should go too... but for realistic and less dramatic reasons .....
P.S. why is it people always want to defend the off...
maybe it wasn't clear what I saying with my comment earlier (page 1) .... I have already exposed a method that each user by their own free will can remove ANY element of the site from what they see on the forum ... specifically (because I desired it myself) you can literally remove the Bar ... I...
that's the beauty of client side rendering (ie web browsers) I do have control over what gets shown ...
that being said ... I still agree COMPLETELY with your sentiments about doing research and deciding for yourself...
do yourself a favor and remove the Bar all together ... I wrote a...
@Judy -- really good shots with ur phone ... You have great taste (but you knew that already! :p )
the Hackberry is the Ben Oki ... in the thread here has a picture of it without its foliage ... it looks kinda silly in all those leaves (but still amazing!!!) .... its that winter show that...
Excellent job Dick.... glad you get chance to share these with world..... hopefully it will really remind people about how much wonderful bonsai is actually going on here in the PNW
re: Hackberry (in the main collection at least) would be the Ben Oki Hackberry --- which is a personal fav of me and Vic's .... David's hackberry is also amazing!
re: pictures ... you are allowed to post the photographs from the rim ... they are for personal use and not commercial gain ...
@Judy -- I am sooooo glad you were able to make it (we both wished we could have been there as well) .... having Will and Dan as guides to Elandan is as good as it gets!!!
Sounds like the Elandan experience was all that we had hoped it would be for you !!
Technically its Gorst ... which is...
one of the best local roasts ... (the roaster is the wife of an ex-coworker of mine) .... http://www.fogwomancoffee.com/shop-organic-coffee.html "Misty Morning" is one of the best roasts with none of the bitterness common in most blends ... even when cold (beyond a well roasted Blue Mountain or...
crap .... something I actually agree with him on ... hmmmm
personally I just think its not fair that the rest of america be subject to bad coffee ... If I were rich (like uber filthy rolling around in thousand dollar bills rich) I would insist on all of america drinking freshly roasted fine...