I found the picture on the right 2 years after creating the picture on the left out of Japanese Larch. When you make bonsai, you must try to visualize an object then try and recreate the visualization in the bonsai. How funny it was to find this picture years later. When I saw the picture on the right I thought "I have daydreamed that!"

2 Years Progress Maple Leaf Begonia

Two years progress - doesnt seem that long. I just pruned this for spring and to reshape
"The Claw" so it grows the way I want it to. In 6 weeks this is gonna look freakin bomb

2 Years Progress - Angel Fire Begonia

Over 2 Years ago I propagated this Angel Fire Begonia. Since the first picture
I have removed it from dirt and separated the dirt from the roots, and set it up
in a hydroponic medium. I used the deep water culture method to accelerate
it's growth, then pulled it from water and back into dirt for the Spring & Summer.
It grew large and the hummingbirds loved it, however once fall came I decided to
re-pot it by root pruning and topping it. I am currently letting the branches turn
to wood as the trunk has. All I can do is let it grow and is by no means the finished
product, in fact far from it. I have to let the branches grow longer than normal for
bonsai but is necessary. I think at year 10 this will actually turn into a bonsai.

"Pudge" - Dwarf Swiss Mountain Pine

I bought this little guy for $2 at Lowe's. MUAHAHAHAHA

St. Helens - Dwarf Hinoki Cypress

Just an update on St. Helens. I believe this tree is about 35 years old, 20 years younger than I had previously estimtated. It is still a great tree I enjoy every day.

No Name - Dwarf Hinoki Cypress

Righteous eh? Me thinks so too

No Name - Western Hemlock with Deadwood

***UPDATED JULY 9TH***
I opened up the middle front of the tree more and designed it with future growth in mind.






I just did this today. Good times

No Name - Fig Tree

Finally got some positive growth out of this clown. I cant wait until it fills in more. I will keep you updated!!

No Name - Sequoia Burl w/ Japanese Maple

This is totally unexpected, but this Sequoia Redwood burl that I kept in water for so long actually sprouted some nice healthy roots so I buried it and will give it a year or two to really get nuts. Again, I used Rhiztonic on the foliage mixed with water to help promote healthy root developement. I guess that stuff really works.

No Name - Pachira "Money Tree"

Good luck tree good for Feng Shui to encourage Prosperity place in the SouthEast corner of your home.

Maddie - Madagascar Palm? *UPDATE*

Just a quick re-visit, will update original blog entry as well.

No Name Two Alberta Spruce

I got bored so I did this......yawn. Maybe it will grow on me.

Begonia Bonsai - Say Wha?

I got these a few weeks ago and finally have them into a shape they can start filling in from now. I love flowering bonsai and hope these will update well soon!

In Memory of Shelley Ann Marzeles

月に叢雲花に風 - "Tsuki ni Murakumo Hana ni Kazé" - Fig Bonsai.

Translation: "Cloud-wrack to the moon, wind to flowers."
Meaning: The beauty of the moon is obscured by the masses of clouds; the trees no sooner blossom than their flowers are scattered by the wind.



This one of a kind fig tree was designed and named after a very good friend's mother who passed a few weeks ago. I named this Fig Tree "Tsuki ni Murakumo Hana ni Kazé." I will be presenting it to him this weekend.

You can see the meaning and translation above. The teaching is not usually one we seek out, but more often than not, finds us on it's own. The lesson teaches us that lifes's beauty is fleeting, and that to capture it permanently would take away it's very meaning and value. The more you try and preserve it, the more suffering it would bring. To quote another proverb "Regret and desire are equally vain in this world of impermanency; for all joy is the beginning of an experience that must have its pain." Probably a poor attempt to comfort my dear friend, but worth a shot.

See the obituary here.

May her Soul find Peace and good fortune find his family. We love you Nate and hope you find comfort in this time of tragedy. - J

No Name - Apple Blosson Escallonia

When I first started this blog entry I was going nuts on how cheap plants are at Lowe's. Since, however, I have located literally a hundred grey hairs on my head for the first time in my life. I am not talking bunny rabbits either smartasses. This cant be right!!! God its 6am, I am going to get drunk for breakfast, to hell with livin' right! Grey hair at age 3@ something years old? This cant be right, it is all wrong. Cruel world take me now!!

"Packwood" - Revisited

"Packwood" is waiting for a Spring repotting like most of my Larch. The Sunrise this morning was worth snapping a picture and revisiting.

Just an update since I havent posted in a few days. My hands hath recovered from what I am now calling "Iunius Chaos ab Ventum" which is the title of the second chapter of my new book coming out July 4th called "Can I Borrow A Feeling" being sold at all Barnes & Noble on the West Coast. The cost is $79 and not a god damned dime goes to charity.

On a less serious note, June has been a very giving month. It really has been a month of chaos in discovery for me. I have found a passion....err lets be honest...an outright obession with plants, trees, bonsai and anything that falls under those categories this last month in which I have posted over 3 dozen projects. I am like nutty proffesor without the PhD or the flubber. Every time I find something interesting, other areas of relative interest exponentially present themselves to me. For those of you who know me, this jibber jabber might actually make sense. /wink

Nonetheless, what I am trying to say is......My hands are healed up and I am ready to raise hell! I have some projects I am prepped to tear into so check back in the next few days for some shit that will blow your f'n mind!! Okay, that might be a bit much but you get the jift.

Thanks for stopping by, check back soon. Hakuna Matata Bitches!!

No Name - Cissus Tuberosa

No Name - Trident Maple

"Tastes Like Chicken" - Zen Garden

This one is very new. That greenery you see is a Weeping Willow cutting that will eventually shade most of the zen garden which at some point the "goose chase" will be removed. This one is for my beautiful wife since that Willow is from a Willow she grew up with in her front yard that will be dug up and forever gone pretty soon so we are gonna take a bunch of cuttings and keep the Sale Barn Weeping Willow Club alive..........There was one?

No Name - Adenium Somalense

Cell Phone Pics - Updating Soon!