I had a few losses this year in the pot department. Wind and birds, squirrels achieved a record three losses this year. Two were signature Tokoname pots at 100.00+ per copy. That did piss me off a little.
This year I did something I have not done as much as I should have. I took most of my shohin collection back to grow containers to really beef up ramification. I have really gained some improvement in a couple fast growers that would have never seen this kind of improvement in show pots. (Note to self, keep trees in training containers untill they are really ready to be shown)
Gave away a lot of material to friends. Sold a lot of material at sales, donated a lot of material to my three clubs I belong too, and bought a lot of material to play with this past year. Bought 27 pots this year, many of them collector pots.
Exhibited a tree in the state convention that had been worked on only three years. Needs many more years but was still a cool tree.
Working on a secret project with my co-chair. Driving to Visalia tomorrow to finalize plans and begin add campaign. A definate first for California, and details very soon as we embed the details in concrete shortly.
Happy New Year, al