A cloudy day at Kyudo En

 It started out cloudy and then the clouds broke and it was a marvelous day. Warmer than usual and the sunshine was a welcome relief. Today was Kyudo En workshop day. Had a banger turnout, about 21 people showed up today. Today's topic was branch selection and apex building. The selection of trees was good and discussion lively. If you haven't been to Kyudo En for a workshop, it's a lot of fun. The lunch today provided by Lisa was poblano soup, judging by how the pot looked after she brought it out, I can say it was a smash because the pot was literally empty.

While I was very busy with "talking" which I do too easily, I never stopped to take a picture. What I did do is fill my Tokonoma with a display. Today it had a maple tree. It was a repot for this season and I took it out of the Kakuzan pot and put it into a green low sided rectangle pot by Shuho. While I liked the Kakuzan pot, I felt it was just a little too tall sided. The Shuho shows better with the tree, being shallower.

The accent tree lost in the photo is a very small Mame Satsuki azalea.

Some photos of the tree thru its life from first purchase to last year and the array of pots it's been thru the years. The first pho here shows the tree at Kims Bonsai in Phelan CA. The nursery has since closed. It was a landmark for 40 years. Year - 2000

This is its first potting. That first branch is so pathetic.

The repot is into a pot made by my son in high school. This is about 1993.

The tree finally got an upgrade in a pot by Jim Barrett.

I wanted a pot that would work well with orange and blue is that color. So, I searched for a blue pot and found this one at Kimura Nursery in Sylmar. I built the stand because I could find no stands large enough for the pot. This pot is the same dimension as the preceding one by Jim.

This the pot by Kakuzan. I purchased this pot from Garret Ryan. It was about the same dimension as the previous two but had much taller sides. Fall 2024

Night shot 2024