2020! Happy New Year !2020

Originally posted on Gone Birding:
Hello! It’s been pretty quiet on the blog for…a while now! Life got busy and writing up my trip reports seemed to take a back seat. Nothing has changed, if anything things are busier now; in the middle of a degree and starting a new job next week means life is about to get a little crazy for a while… Continue reading 2020! Happy New Year !2020

理恵 明渡 on Instagram: “今年も無事1年を終えることができました。ご愛好いただきありがとうございます😊 来年もたくさんの盆栽やお手入れについてをご紹介したいと思います。 #bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsailovers #盆栽 #養庄園 #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan”

View this post on Instagram 今年も無事1年を終えることができました。ご愛好いただきありがとうございます😊 来年もたくさんの盆栽やお手入れについてをご紹介したいと思います。 #bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsailovers #盆栽 #養庄園 #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan A post shared by 浦部理恵 (@rie_aketo) on Dec 31, 2019 at 3:34am PST Continue reading 理恵 明渡 on Instagram: “今年も無事1年を終えることができました。ご愛好いただきありがとうございます😊 来年もたくさんの盆栽やお手入れについてをご紹介したいと思います。 #bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsailovers #盆栽 #養庄園 #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan”

理恵 明渡 on Instagram: “養庄園展示会より 野梅と小品盆栽の席飾り yoshoen exhibition plum & small bonsais(Chinese juniper, japanese quince) #bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsailovers #yoshoen…”

View this post on Instagram 養庄園展示会より 野梅と小品盆栽の席飾り yoshoen exhibition plum & small bonsais(Chinese juniper, japanese quince) #bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsailovers #yoshoen #盆栽 #小品盆栽 #梅 #真柏 #長寿梅 #養庄園 #大阪府池田市 #osaka #japan #展示会 A post shared by 浦部理恵 (@rie_aketo) on Jan 4, 2020 at 12:10am PST Continue reading 理恵 明渡 on Instagram: “養庄園展示会より 野梅と小品盆栽の席飾り yoshoen exhibition plum & small bonsais(Chinese juniper, japanese quince) #bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsailovers #yoshoen…”

Cardinals do their part to make the winter season brighter

Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by Skeeze/Pixabay.com • A male Northern cardinal lands on a snowy perch. Cardinals are perfect symbols for the Christmas season with their bright red plumage. The shopping days before Christmas are getting fewer, so I hope everyone has had time to find gifts for everyone on their lists. My own sincere wish to readers is that everyone… Continue reading Cardinals do their part to make the winter season brighter

Egrets, snow geese sightings enliven winter birding

Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by Dewey Fuller • A great egret stands amid a flock of Canada geese at Middlebrook Lake in Bristol, Tennessee. It’s 2020, but I feel like I am still playing catchup with the birds found in the last few weeks of 2019. We might not have had much snow so far this winter, but birds with white plumage… Continue reading Egrets, snow geese sightings enliven winter birding

77th Elizabethton Christmas Bird Count yields 63 species

Originally posted on Our Fine Feathered Friends:
Photo by Bryan Stevens • This adult bald eagle was one of several counted on this year’s Christmas Bird Count. The 77th consecutive Elizabethton Christmas Bird Count was held by members and friends of the Elizabethton Bird Club on Saturday, Dec. 14. Participants in the long-running CBC tallied a total of 63 species of birds, which was down… Continue reading 77th Elizabethton Christmas Bird Count yields 63 species

🌿✂Erick Schmidt🌲🌳 on Instagram: “Friends, family and whoever else for whatever reason follows me, I excitedly and officially announce that we will be moving to Houston, TX…”

View this post on Instagram Friends, family and whoever else for whatever reason follows me, I excitedly and officially announce that we will be moving to Houston, TX within the next 30 days. My company has given me an offer that I couldn't pass on. Goodbye Pennsylvania. Houston…. here we come! #houston #houstontx #travel #moving #newadventures A post shared by 🌿✂Erick Schmidt🌲🌳 (@eschmidttxbonsai) on Jan … Continue reading 🌿✂Erick Schmidt🌲🌳 on Instagram: “Friends, family and whoever else for whatever reason follows me, I excitedly and officially announce that we will be moving to Houston, TX…”

Chojubai quince update

Originally posted on Nebari Bonsai:
Just a quick update on the Japanese flowering quince, ‘Chojubai’. These are very small plants, but vigorous growers. Mine flower from September through about April, so there is always something of interest…to viewers and to aphids… As purchased in 2 3/4″ pot from Evergreen Gardenworks, April 2013: I think this one is on the right, being grown as a single… Continue reading Chojubai quince update