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Bring all your tools you have and something to write down notes so you won't forget. Be open to suggestions remember thats what you came for. Have fun and don't get frustrated everyone has to start somewhere.

I usually end up buying at least one starter from Meehans. I am really interested to see some of Ron Langs pottery. I am going to try to get there early fri or sat morning before work. Its perfect how this comes a week before my birthday and two weeks before my anniversary. That way wife can't...

Sorry to hear this it did have potential.

Very nice work grouper. Love those firs

I would definetely buy a pot from an ex-con or a convict. I am really into corrections. If the offfender was incarcerated at the time he was making/selling pottery I would only purchase if money was going to victims families or to pay for the cost of incaceration.

I am sure I would like any of those trees. I don't have a well grown collection and those would be wonderful. In the midwest we don't have a wonderful sellection of yamadori.

Maybe I am a fan of uglieness but I don't think its that bad. Its a shame about the fir blight that will really change the scenery in the northwest. Have anyone researched this diseaese and found any causes. I would like to see some more views from different sides. It looks like there could be a...

Good save and nice pot.

I can't say I know any of the rules but inthe first picture I think there is too much stone/pottery. I like the second one the best. I wonder how it would look with a wood slab under it.

I was wondering if anyone was going to the Mid-American Bonsai show at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe Illinois during Aug 14 ,15 and 16. Heres a link for it. http://http://www.midwestbonsai.org/augustshow.html

Thanks for your reply, I will look into that. Do you have any guesses on which issue?

Went out to Home Depot and found a Cornus Kousa. Does anyone have any thoughts on this species. I liked the nebari and the trunk thickness in relation to where the final height of the tree is planned. I did not find much with a search, but thought some one might know something. Thanks

I know this may seem like a dumb question to many but does anyone know if larch is a good species as bonsai in the Chicago area. I think it would be okay in winter but we can get steamy in summer.

Just wonderful material. Wish I had neighbors getting rid of some boxwoods like that.

I like the first virt but would want a jin on the left side.

I think whats wonderful about this is that you took the time to put it together and to show it all to us. Thank you for sharing. I can't say much about the display rules because I have never put one together myself. Its a area I would like to know more about.

I agree with it needs to thicken but I like the deep serration in the leaves of your tree.

Well I do like it but thats only my two cents and that won't get you much these days. I like penjing with maybe a little more decoration. Maybe a small junk in what I assume would be the water portion of the marble base. I would like to see pictures from a few different angles.

Very nice work, I like the rectangle. You don't see many rectangle pots that are hand made. Do they crack easier ?

Very nice, where did you get this material. When I see cbs at most nurseries it just looks like a x-mas tree.

Nice pictures this tree is leggy are you thinking of cutting back next year, to get more back budding?

I would like to see a picture looking at the soil level. How is the nebari? I would love a larch but I don't know if it gets too hot and humid in Chicago for them. Anyone know how far south they can survive?

I think John Naka said make displays that evoke something from the American perspective. I think this is definetely that kind of display and I like that very much.

I dont like when the bonsai or the scroll overlap each other.

I think the scroll is too large. It takes up too much of the negative space. In my opinion the scroll is not evocative unless you can read the characters. It also looks like a mallsai decoration.