Recent content by Victrinia Ridgeway

You should have seen it when it was leafless. 👀

Thank you... The tree is about 60 years old. So the bark was pretty special when I got it. 😁

Thank you John 😁

Thank you brother... 🥰 We do love them. People get a little overwhelmed by the shear number when they visit. 😅

David helped me repot it that year as well. He's a nutter too. 💜

Oh my.... Next year is 20 years. So so much has gone on.... This will be worthy of a retrospective for me. Somewhere in the garden Eric keeps my first tree alive. It's such a disaster... But so so so much beauty also.... Or else how would I have done this.... And with loving friends and students...

Well 14 years later.... Zomg is been a long time since I had such a dainty bench. 😂

Lesson for all in this one... No tree will survive drowning. We had left this one in the pot since we got married. It had only one drain hole and was failing. We resurrected it with two tiny roots left on it... Well, Eric and Gerry (the much loved Issho-en apprentice did).... I was gone that...

Holy Moly.... I think the boys were working on this one there other night 😅 the left side died... And Daniel removed it because it detached. I thought it was this tree, but I'm sure of it now. 💜💜💜

Oh wow long time from a post for this also... This tree yanks Eric's chain sometimes.... Because it's kind of emblematic of my classical nature..... BUT it's also seductive to people. Lol it is not gnarly... It's just an old beautiful bird. And I will never let it out of the garden. Lol people...

Gosh I hope people are looking at the video link... Cuz it's lovely to see closer up

Thank you so much!! This is a 2007 - Winter 2022/2023... I love looking at those side by side.

Well.... Make a point of it. I'm an islander. I feed visitors. 😅

Thank you dear. I got nostalgic after the loss of Andy... So I wanted to come back to an early space in my bonsai life 🥰 just to hug friends. **Hugging you**

One more update.... A decade does a lot. This tree experienced branch loss which happens on larches. I had to completely reorient the tree in the opposite direction.