Recent content by Mike Page

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    merry Christmas/happy holidays

    Christmas The Christmas Holiday is supposed to honor the birth of Jesus. It's not intended to be a contest of who can spend the most money for material goods that will soon be set aside and forgoten. Instead, it should be for, as Jesus said, to feed the hungry and heal the sick. In the USA, and...
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    Dale Cochoy

    Hang in there!!!! Dale I truly hope that you have a swift and full recovery. Your friends are concerned and distressed over your accident. GET WELL!! ALL THE BEST Mike Page in California
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    Escallonia

    Collected escallonia. I don't know the exact variety. Escallonia are a South America native. They grow well in my moderate climate near San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean a few miles away. The height including pot is about 18 inches.
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    California juniper

    It's pure California. No grafts. The pot was made by Sarah especially for this tree.
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    California juniper

    One of my favorite bonsai. I won it as collected stock in a convention raffle many years ago. It was donated by the great Harry Hirao. Height including pot is about 40 inches. I've been doing some minor trimming and general cleanup today. . mike page Member Posts: 434 Joined date...
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    Heavy Bending

    Years ago I saw a demonstration on how to bend a heavy branch or trunk. The technique involved carving our the branch so little was left but the live part. then a metal rod was fitted in the hollow, and the branch was wrapped tightly with raffia. Then the bending process began. The metal rod...
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    Hollow rock with kingsvilles

    The marble tray is about 32 inches long.
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    TALL ROCK with JUNIPER

    Thanks Ryan. I appreciate your kind words.
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    TALL ROCK with JUNIPER

    Rock is 21 inches tall. Rock and pot from Japan. Juniper is California grown In training for about 15 uears.
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    Display to honor

    I set up this display to honor the late Max Silten, long time member of Sei Boku Bonsai Kai of San Mateo CA. Max and I and about a dozen others were at the founding meeting of Sei Boku under the direction of the late Sensei Bob Kato. Max was a professional graphic artist, and at the time a...
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    Large Saikei

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    California juniper repotted

    Today the weather was great and ideal for repotting. I decided this Cal Juniper was due for a pot change. i had this Dale Cochoy pot on the shelf and put it to good use. The Cal Jun has one very unusual aspect. The trunk has a 360 degree twist from bottom to top. The height including the pot...
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    Blackstone

    I've had this stone laying about for many years. I thought it was about time I try it as a display piece. Height is about 10 inches.
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    River stone

    Brian, thank you so very much!! Mike
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    River stone

    This is the latest image. I didn't like the color of the slab, so I sprayed it with black lacquer. haiku inspired by stone OUT OF THE BLACKNESS UNIVERSE BIRTH EXPLODING BEGINNING OF TIME mp
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