wow July is almost over

        This is almost the last of July !!!  The time is really flying by. Well I better catch  you up.
I forgot to post about the  Ft. Worth Bonsai Society show & sale last month, June 15th  to
be exact. It was supposed to be Sat. & Sun. but there was a mix up in scheduling & the room
was booked for a wedding Sun. Long story short we were limited to Sat. only.   It was a good
show & sale anyway.    



          The following are pictures of  the show or the display area :





























































































































































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                                           Joe Andrews pointing out a good pot buy
                                      

                                                                        My wife Maria              ^

                                               What..you mean we got to pack up at 5 ??

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   A week later we were having a really bad day. I was frustrated & mad.
   We were down to one vehicle my wife's van had been in the shop for a month
 & Ihad spent a wad of money trying to get it fixed. I bought another van
 only to find out it wouldn't stay running. I was at end of my rope...on top
 of that a customer from Oklahoma came by to pick up a bonsai he had put a
 deposit on it a couple    of weeks earlier. He said how are you doing today?
 Not to good I've got car trouble. Well he said do you mind if I take a look at it?
 I'm a retired mechanic.

                                      I know God sent me this man cause I prayed for
                                       some help & Tito sowed up !!!           

                   Tito & his wife, she helped by looking up stuff on google
                    on her phone. He found a loose wire in the ignition &
                    fixed it.He wouldn't accept payment for fixing it-it's
                    what I do,I like to fix things. So I gave him his
                     Bonsai in return-it's what I do-barter if you know
                     what I mean---thanks Tito!!! 

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                                    A couple of days later we had to cut down this
                                    tree in front of my driveway.

                              This is the stump that's left of the tree it took
                              2 wks to cut the trunks & branches &
                              haul them to the dump






                         That's all for now I'll post again in a couple of days


                              WAX ON ...................WAX OFF






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Gathering moss

        The other day I had a customer ask me where I got the
moss to put on my Bonsai. Well when I go hunting trees to
dig up I also take note of any good moss to collect & when
I need some I go back & collect it :

                        I usually find it along the banks of creek beds
                        growing under some bushes or trees but it gets
                        some sunshine
                                   
      

                      or its out in full sunshine for part of the day


               
             

                        This is typical terrain for most of the creek beds in the area 

                        This is one of two cork bark pines I recently acquired

                        and this is the second I will post on their progress later

                                     
                        These are my cherry plum trees

                                          
                         They are producing edible fruit but I have to fight the
                         birds for them

                                     
                          and this is my Shaggy  Dog ficus its producing
                          decorative figs for the first time

                         Its taken five years to produce fruit

                         Sadly the tree that was presented to George & Laura
                         Bush was returned to me. They travel a lot &  they
                         forgot to have someone water it.  

                        It still has some life new leaves are coming in,we are
                        hopeful it will survive, will post on its progress.

        That's all for now will post again soon

                                                          
                                                   WAX ON ......................WAX OFF

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The Rise . Salon De Souffle

  Recently Hedda Dowd  (owner of  The Rise located at 5360 W.Lover's Lane
Dallas, Tex. ) came to my shop to purchase a Bonsai. After picking out a pot
she chose a zelkova tree & I fixed it up real nice. "You know where this tree is
going don't you?" I said no,I don't. She said I'm giving this to Bush. I said the
only Bush I know of is ex-president Bush. That's right I'm giving this to George
& Laura to commemorate  the birth of their granddaughter.
  I was stunned an ex-president & his wife were getting one of my trees !!
I didn't even get a picture of it. On top of that she also picked out one of 
my maples for her business, now when you enter her Bistro the first thing you 

see is my (whoops HER) tree!!!!     

   The Rise is a four star restaurant with a laid back atmosphere where all the in 

people go for brunch it opens at 11:00 a.m. Their souffles are to die for!!!! My

wife & I went to deliver the maple & we stayed to eat . It was so Delicious!!!

A couple weeks later we took my daughter Linda to celebrate her birthday 

there.

    

                           My wife & daughter

              My daughter & me and our souffles I'm going to work my       

 way thru their list of souffles

                         I'm behind on my trimming,shaping, & styling on my

Japanese maples. 

                                  That's just on my Japanese maples not to mention

          my Trident maples

                               This is my Brazilian Rain tree I've been cutting on it

                     

                                   These are cuttings I've made so far from the

      Brazilian rain tree

                                      This is Eric who came by to visit

                           

                                   This is yours truly,  Eric said if I have to take a 

                       picture you do too !!

                                         That's all for now      WAX ON ........WAX OFF

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The month of April slipped by me

   The month of April went by so fast. I was busy with family
matters & bonsai stuff,all mixed up together!!!
    Then May happened ...any way ..Here's what happened :

                                             The first Sat. of April I did a program for
                                          Dallas Bonsai Society where I styled a
                                           Elaeagnus   silverberry 

                                             After changing it from the nursery pot into
                                          a Styrofoam box it was raffeled off --the
                                          winner was Steve Flynn!!!

                                               Russ & his wife came from out of town &
                                            they bought a tray of maples

                                                             Dustin & robin also came from
                                                         out of town they bought several
                                                          bonsai.                                               

                                       Every thing started blooming this is a pear tree

                                            This is a honeysuckel

                                               Wisteria always smells good

                                            Different colors of Bougainvillea

                                                     Pomegranate

                                               Calamondin Orange

                                             Assorted Azaleas

                                              An other Pomegranate

                                               My # 1 side kick posing in front of a
                                             blooming peach tree.


                            That's all for now I'll post some thing before this
                                       week end, I promise!!!


                                     WAX ON  ....................WAX OFF

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Busy busy busy!!!!!!

   Sorry I haven't posted anything for  April & now here it's almost the middle of May
and on top of that it's Mother's day tomorrow! I promise I'll post by Tuesday. I've been so busy
lately with one thing or an other but I'll catch you up on every thing!!!  

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