Shopping

Smoke · May 4, 2012

I've decided to go shopping tomorrow.

Check back here for some interesting photo's. If everything turns out right, it should be colorful to say the least.

Maybe I will buy a tree or four.

House that for a tease?

Brian Van Fleet · May 4, 2012

Grate, cant weight...

Dan W. · May 4, 2012

Pick a few up for me while you're at it...

Brian Underwood · May 5, 2012

That was my same thought today! Though I'll be at the Napa show doing my shopping. Where you goin?

Smoke · May 5, 2012

Headin north to the Capital.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

Unlike a recent thread from the Nations Capital, mine from this states capital will have pictures.

Hit the road about 6AM and heded north to Sacramento. The club there was also having an exihibt and it did not open till noon, so I thought I would give Murayama Bonsai Nursery another chance. last time I was there about 6 years ago, it looked as if it were almost out of business. I had heard good things about it and that it had really made inroads towards looking like a nursery should.

I was not dissapointed. The nursery was a bloom with azalea's and though the owner told us we were about a week late, it was still colorful.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

Specimen azalea were there too. I didn't even ask a price.

Holding up one more in my price range.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

Shimpaku up the wazoo.

chappy56 · May 6, 2012

Smoke I'm curious, can you give a range of prices for the shimpaku in image 15?
In our part of the country those would be in the $500 plus range.
I've always been amazed how much less bonsai can be in a different region.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

White pines are really nice. All imports.

Couple of black pines.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

California Juniper also. Lots of them. Any shape any size any amount of deadwood.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

Really nice rock plantings. These contain small azalea and mosses and small plants and juniper and all sorts of things.

A couple piles of the lava I went there for. The light pile is a product called mocha lava. very good, ready to use. The red pile is just crushed red lava called cinder or scree. About 1/8 inch. I can get that locally so I didn't bring any back. The other, 5 buckets. Wish I had brought my truck as I could have taken a skip loader bucket full of this stuff. Pictures on that later.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

On to the show. The exhibit was in downtown Sacramento and no trip to Sac. would be complete without a pic of the capitol. Looks pretty much like DC to me.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

I took about 50 pictures of the show, but will show a few of my favorites. At least to get the flavor of the event. It was a very nice exhibit.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

More nice trees.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

More beautiful trees.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

More trees, big trees.

Smoke · May 6, 2012

Really had a fun day. After the exhibit we went to the "Squeeze Inn" for a landmark hamburger as seen on Diners, drive inns, and dives. A hamburger where the cheese is allowed to ooze out onto the griddle and form a 12" collar around the meat and fry there till crisp on the edges. Unbelievable good.

Then for the rest of the day we spent some time in Old Sac. with wooden sidewalks and old buildings. Left the camera in the car as by this time I was tired of lugging it. we ate supper in an old sternwheeler paddle boat. We had eaten there before so we already knew it ws good.

I will be back....as the ghost of Arnold would say.....

Smoke · May 6, 2012

oopps missed an azalea.

Brian Van Fleet · May 6, 2012

Thanks, good eatin'...that CA(?) juniper in post 17 is incredible.

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