Recent content by Ron Dennis

Very good show. Lot of larger trees this year. Best In Show pine is superb and deserves to be selected as Best. Having said this, it was impossible to find short comings with any of the trees.

As to why initial registration was down, several club members have had health issues recently including one member suffering a fairly severe fall with injury and another member hospitalized for 10 days. Another reason was a major hail storm was rather unfriendly to some, self included. In the...

A few random photos from last year.

In only three weeks the Alabama Bonsai Society will host their annual Spring show at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. This is always an excellent show and this year promises to be another. Our guest artist and judge will be Kathy Shaner. During the show, eight lucky members will have the...

It does not take very long to learn whom to follow and emulate and whom to ignore. Oh, and thanks for all your help. Based on your comment, you must see some progress in my efforts and that is most encouraging.

Good idea, Smoke. One point to consider is some of us, myself for one, read a LOT here on the forum; however, we post very little. Perhaps, because we have little confidence in our own ability or think our trees do not measure up. But jumping in. I know the pot shown below is too large for...

While checking threads for information on Shohin to use for a program presentatiom to our local club this month, I found this thread. Totally stunning collection!

Bonsai Album. Has a separate section for pots. Wishing it had a section for stands and also tools.

Very nice. Really like your three point stand.

Very nice. Really like your three point stand.

Great job on the carving.

Nice. Like the stone accent a lot. It really compliments the overall presentation and does not overpower. Did you carve the stand?

My list is short: Brian Van Fleet (good friend, great mentor, amazing talent, introduce me to this forum) Camdenjim (met through out local group, also good friend) Zach Smith (met Zach because of this forum, worked with him on a BC and couple other trees, great guy and hope to work with him...

Excellent ideas!

Too true. Fortunately, we now have two members willing to tackle our site and make it more user friendly and informative. Hopefully, by this time next month we will have made great progress.