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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.

Yes. We have done this and the answers are rather non-specific. All agree we can and should do better but very few solid suggestions as to how and this is why we are reaching out to B'nut. Hoping to gather some insight from others. We have already reached out to Bonsai Nut and had his...

Exactly!

Interesting thought but may be too difficult to make a reality on a local level with limited membership. Maybe a modified approach focusing on one species for a limited time might work.

The Alabama Bonsai Society is making a renewed effort to improve our local web site. We would like to ask for suggestions as to what you like or dislike about your own local site. What would you change? What are you doing to promote your site and attract new viewers and perhaps new members...

These beautiful old oaks are not in my neighborhood but in St. Francisville, LA, and are some of the most beautiful I have seen. The first group were taken at the Episcopal Church in St. Francisville and the last photo was shot from the upstairs front porch at Rosemont in St. Francisville.

Outstanding pot! Perfect display!

Hey, Sorce, I am not sure how you really feel. You need to be clearer. I totally agree with you! I have had two trees stolen by the same juvenile delinquent and one other badly damaged by his trying to pull it out of the pot (wired in). Entire back of tree was broken off. The tree, if it...

I, too, am working today and have no photos with me. Dad--WWII--I was four, almost five, when he came home and it took a long time to build a relationship but we did. I named one of my sons in honor of Dad and my son has named his son in honor of Dad also Grandfather--WWI Great...

So true