jk_lewis
Masterpiece
That took me 20 years. Have fun on the way.
Your Bonsai Goal
- Thread starter Smoke
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That took me 20 years. Have fun on the way.
jk_lewis
Masterpiece
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
My goal this year is to keep 10 of the 30 or so plants I have now and add no more then 10 for a total of 20 in the backyard. We moved and did a renovation so the only Bonsai Garden work that happened was a new fence and temp shelves. Our old place had 3 areas and it took a lot to thin it out but I think 20 or so "proper" specimens will display well and grow well in our little new space. Reality set in and honest I can pull off a sharp presentation including the oriental fountain and other deco collected in a smaller space AND have a lot less work. The only hauling I will have to do is with my Wives tropicals and that will be a plus as well.
Grimmy
Grimmy
Vin
Imperial Masterpiece
Man it's good to see you back! I trust all is well.
Ron Dennis
Shohin
Smoke, this is a fun read and thought provoking thread. My goals are simple and have become more developed over the past year.
1. Be focused
2. Trust my initial reaction
3. Continue my study with BVF
4. Stop thinking of myself as a beginner and realized I know more than I think I do
5. Critically evaluate each and every tree and be realistic on its place in limited space
6. Continue developing a shohin display for our local club
7. Continue to try helping our local club
1. Be focused
2. Trust my initial reaction
3. Continue my study with BVF
4. Stop thinking of myself as a beginner and realized I know more than I think I do
5. Critically evaluate each and every tree and be realistic on its place in limited space
6. Continue developing a shohin display for our local club
7. Continue to try helping our local club
I'm beginning to feel a bit left out...
lol... jk!
^^ This line is for you jkl.
PaulH
Omono
1. Have a tree in the Bonsai collection at Lake Merritt after I'm gone.
2. Visit Japan and see Kokofu.
3. Show a tree at Artisan's Cup and Bill's National Exhibit.
4. Own a tree worthy of an expensive, antique Chinese pot.
2. Visit Japan and see Kokofu.
3. Show a tree at Artisan's Cup and Bill's National Exhibit.
4. Own a tree worthy of an expensive, antique Chinese pot.
JoeR
Masterpiece
I want to learn as much as I possibly can.
Not be so reluctant to join a club.
Start making my own pots in my own kiln?
Have trees that impress my relatives who make fun of my current sticks in pots...
Buy ONE nice tree.
Learn to wire better.
Improve grafting/layering skills.
Enjoy my new hobby that keeps my face out of my phone/tv!
Not be so reluctant to join a club.
Start making my own pots in my own kiln?
Have trees that impress my relatives who make fun of my current sticks in pots...
Buy ONE nice tree.
Learn to wire better.
Improve grafting/layering skills.
Enjoy my new hobby that keeps my face out of my phone/tv!
edprocoat
Masterpiece
Gene Deci
Shohin
For me, bonsai is more about the journey than the destination. My trees get better every year and that makes me happy but the time I spend with them is in many ways its own reward.
A number of years ago a member of the local club, Dean, was giving a public demonstration of wiring. A fellow in the audience said,
"Bah, I'd never have the patience for that."
Dean said, "Patience is what you need when you don't like what you are doing."
That about sums it up for me.
A number of years ago a member of the local club, Dean, was giving a public demonstration of wiring. A fellow in the audience said,
"Bah, I'd never have the patience for that."
Dean said, "Patience is what you need when you don't like what you are doing."
That about sums it up for me.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Has been said several times but in different ways: To be better today than I was a week ago and to keep rolling in this direction. I want to see the improvement, after I do the work on a tree, and to visualize the work necessary to make improvement; even if the work done a while ago was not that long ago.
LanceMac10
Imperial Masterpiece
Pretty simple, have fun, keep 'em swingin' and see my enemies driven bef....oopps...wrong goal list!!!
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
If it's not fun to do it's not worth doing at all; it then becomes a job and loses it's attractiveness.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Unless the pay check is high enough.
benw3790
Shohin
My goal is to find and collect good material. I have collected deciduous trees from woods In my area but nothing special. One of my goals is to find and collect some really good material on my own and make it into something beautiful. Also,a goal of mine is to take a couple of junipers I have, that have amazing potential, to a workshop with someone like borjn or ryan neil. I justcant seem to get any further on them than I already have and I know they have the potential to be great trees, worth showing, in just 2-3years time with the right hands. I bought them for 5$ a piece last year! One of my main goals is to join a local club and just get more involved in general. I missed both shows this year in NC Due to financial and ti,ing reasons. I wanna hang out and meet other bonsai people... I'm tired of kind of being "alone" in it. Although my girlfriend is fully supportive of my hobby and I feel that I have learned and advanced so much on my own. There is only so much you can learn about bonsai, soley by yourself. Those are some of my main goals.
ghues
Omono
To create something that brings joy to others.
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