Valavanis Bonsai Blog Coming up soon the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum (Saitama, Japan) has organized an Autumn Special Exhibition Commemorating their 10th Anniversary and Sister Partnership with the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, DC. Bonsai, Beyond the Border: Yuji Yoshimura, a Bonsai Artist Across the Ocean Exhibition commemorates and highlights the life of a Japanese bonsai artist who spread bonsai to the United … Continue reading Bonsai, Beyond the Border:  Yuji Yoshimura, a Bonsai Artist Across the Ocean Exhibition

Valavanis Bonsai Blog This afternoon I had another Open Workshop for my advance students to style and refine their bonsai. There were a few interesting bonsai which were brought into the studio. Alan continued to work on my formal upright RAF Dwarf Scots pine removing old needles and excess buds in preparation for future display. Brian brought in a most unusual species, Toxicodendron radicans, to … Continue reading An Advance Open Bonsai Workshop

Valavanis Bonsai Blog Coming up soon the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum (Saitama, Japan) has organized an Autumn Special Exhibition Commemorating their 10th Anniversary and Sister Partnership with the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum in Washington, DC. Bonsai, Beyond the Border: Yuji Yoshimura, a Bonsai Artist Across the Ocean Exhibition commemorates and highlights the life of a Japanese bonsai artist who spread bonsai to the United … Continue reading Bonsai, Beyond the Border:  Yuji Yoshimura, a Bonsai Artist Across the Ocean Exhibition

Originally posted on Linger Along With Me:
The drive from Houston, Texas was uninteresting until I found myself north of Austin and Leander, Texas. After that it was mostly farming land with some interesting looking small towns. The one that caught my eye was Santa Ana, Texas. Once you leave the Austin area you need to make sure you have a full tank of gas… Continue reading Abilene State Park, Texas (9/27/2018 – 9/29/2019)

Originally posted on Linger Along With Me:
After leaving Sea Rim State Park in Texas, I took Patrick’s suggestion to drive along the Louisiana coastline. I took the bridge across the Sabine Lake and into Louisiana through Johnson Bayou. Lots of beef cattle farming in the Bayou. The drive along the coast is desolate and homes are few and far between. The only way to… Continue reading Traveling through Louisiana

Originally posted on Linger Along With Me:
Driving from Abilene to Canyon, Texas is fairly flat and uninteresting until you get near to Canyon. When you make the turn east and are about a mile from the entrance, it’s like the earth fell out from under you. To your right there are large gashes in what must have once been just flat earth, except it… Continue reading Palo Duro Canyon State Park (9/29/2019 – 10/4/2019)

Originally posted on Linger Along With Me:
Today Stretch and I spent 3 hours at the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bitter_lake/ outside of Roswell, New Mexico. It’s easy enough to find if you’re in the Roswell area. I’d say that if you’re into wildlife, habitat, ecological diversity, hiking, photography and just plain nature, I’d give this place at least half a day to explore.… Continue reading Side Trip – Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Roswell, New Mexico (10/9/2019 – 10/11/2019)

https://www.mararaptorproject.org/ Continue reading The Verreaux’s Eagles of Olderkesi

https://lesliebanksworld.com/seagull-army-at-ocean-city-md/ Continue reading Seagull Army at Ocean City, MD – The Wondrous World of Leslie Banks

Originally posted on Hut Wood:
2019 / 79 0730 – 0930 Grey, cold and damp. 6 – 7°C with low cloud cover, slowly clearing I raise my cap in deference and humility. Two weeks have passed – how have you been? Things are quiet here. The autumn air hangs thin and damp – October heralds change. Robinsong cuts clear through the mist, sharp crystalline notes… Continue reading 3 October 2019