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Japanese Black Pine Styling
Last week we took a look at this leggy Black Pine. The pine reminded me of a crane. Taking off with its long neck stretched out. It won’t be a good bonsai with such wings. So they need to be tucked in. And that neck is overlong. Nice bark on this one. Maybe 35 years […]
How Kaizen May Be Applied To Bonsai
In the 1930’s engineer Walter Shewhart developed the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle of work. This inspired Taiichi Ohno in the late 1940’s with the idea of kaizen, a manufacturing mindset of continual, incremental improvements. It is credited with the success of Toyota. Now the concept is used in many businesses. The word has two parts, kai […]
2025 Blooper Reel
To continue with tradition, here is the year’s photographic odds and ends. Hope you enjoy. It’s always best to start things off with a chicken, if you have one. This one was drinking water drops off my glass doors. Your normal prop for photographing bonsai. At a Chicago restaurant that specialized in vegan sushi. The […]