Day: October 4, 2019
Diminishing Dawn Chorus – Wildlife Articles
Species Focus: Turtle Dove – Wildlife Articles
No let-up in net loss of UK’s nature | The Wildlife Trusts
Lively senior’s “source of energy” | Miura | Town News
Restyling an itoigawa shinpaku
Recently Oyakata gave me a nice itoigawa shinpaku to work on. It came from one of our long time clients. He recently decided to part with a large portion of his collection which we are now selling on his behalf via consignment. In order to prepare the trees for sale and to hopefully raise the value, we’re touching up and restyling many of them. I… Continue reading Restyling an itoigawa shinpaku
A Year in Review
I’m soon approaching my 1 year mark of my apprenticeship in Japan. I recently took a brief visit to California last month for some work and to see family and friends. It’s given me some time to review my thoughts and feelings of my time invested so far. I wanted to be open and honest with both the excitement and growth I experience here, but… Continue reading A Year in Review
Summer Blues and Lots of White Pines
The summer season at Kouka-en has been quite slow. Unlike the stressful intensity of the Kokufu period or the physical strain of repotting season, summer season here is a marathon. The persistent humidity, intense sun, and for me, an endless stream of mosquitoes put a damper on my energy. During this period, we’re neither acquiring nor selling many trees with most of our customers doing… Continue reading Summer Blues and Lots of White Pines
理恵 明渡 on Instagram: “寒ぐみが開花です。冬に鮮やかな赤色の実になります。あと、梅もどきが狂い咲きしてました😓 #bonsai #bonsaitree #養庄園 #盆栽 #開花 #ぐみ #寒ぐみ #ウメモドキ #梅もどき #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan”
View this post on Instagram 寒ぐみが開花です。冬に鮮やかな赤色の実になります。あと、梅もどきが狂い咲きしてました😓 #bonsai #bonsaitree #養庄園 #盆栽 #開花 #ぐみ #寒ぐみ #ウメモドキ #梅もどき #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan A post shared by 浦部理恵 (@rie_aketo) on Oct 2, 2019 at 11:16pm PDT Continue reading 理恵 明渡 on Instagram: “寒ぐみが開花です。冬に鮮やかな赤色の実になります。あと、梅もどきが狂い咲きしてました😓 #bonsai #bonsaitree #養庄園 #盆栽 #開花 #ぐみ #寒ぐみ #ウメモドキ #梅もどき #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan”
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