The Old Bonsai Self-Portrait Thread

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Do you have any old photos of you and bonsai? Break 'em out! Here's a shot of me working on a shimpaku in my back yard in '96 :) Crazily... I remember when my wife took this photo. Our oldest child was less than two months old :)

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Great picture , there’s something about the early-mid 90’s that has a certain aesthetic. Too bad I didn’t read about bonsai in the preschool library back then .
 

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Sorry, I don't have any pictures with trees
 

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I have plenty of photos of old bonsai but not so many old photos of bonsai and even fewer old photos of bonsai with me as well but I have found a couple.

This was taken as promotion for a bonsai display and demo at a local nursery run by Clive (left). Obviously the wild man on the right owns the trident group.
2006
Clive Keeble (l) and Neil Padbury sm.JPG
 

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@Shibui the guy in blue looks like Shane Warne.... thought that must have been some exposure for your forest o_O
 

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would like to contribute with at least a photo of me with bonsai, so a pic of an old man with bonsai
Now if we were asked for pics of old guys with bonsai we'd probably fill a thread.

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Pretty sure 3 of those pictured are not with us any longer........
 

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Now if we were asked for pics of old guys with bonsai we'd probably fill a thread.

January 2010 club meeting - topic ficus
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Pretty sure 3 of those pictured are not with us any longer........
You sound and look like a super guy, Shibui! Sending warmth from the northern hemisphere!
 

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If I'm the only one who's going to post a photo the life of this thread is going to be very short :)
Shibui is right. I am a noob. Fotos of old guy with trees I got. Old photos of me with trees I got none.
 

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Hey old timers! I’m loving the photos! Gives me hope that if all you geezers can keep at it for this long that maybe a young punk like myself can too!
 

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I have plenty of photos of old bonsai but not so many old photos of bonsai and even fewer old photos of bonsai with me as well but I have found a couple.

This was taken as promotion for a bonsai display and demo at a local nursery run by Clive (left). Obviously the wild man on the right owns the trident group.
2006
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At first glance I thought the guy on the left was Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter.
 
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