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Sunday, March 26th was the annual exhibit by Santa Cruz Bonsai Kai. They were lucky, as were we who traveled to attend the exhibit that the seeming incessant rains of March ceased, and the day was warm and pleasant.
The show, held in the local Elks Hall was well attended and there was a standing room only crowd for the demonstration by Sensei Katsumi Kinoshita of Monterey, CA.
Following are some images from the show.
1. Coast Live Oak
2. Wisteria
3. Japanese boxwood
4. Maple forest
5. Corkbark Chinese elm
6. Wissel Cypress (cham. lawsoniana var. wisselli
The Wissel cypress in not often seen in bonsai culture. If I have to pick a favorite in the show, this is it.

All in all, a fine day visiting bonsai friends, viewing bonsai, having a tasty lunch in the hospitality room, and winding up the afternoon watching Kinoshita-sensei demonstrate, with a knowledgeable running commentary by Robert Stoll.

Mike

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Learning the mechanics of bonsai is a matter of rote. Over and over again the processes are practiced until the hands and eyes know the moves.
Learning the art of bonsai may be more like water wearing away a stone, or climbing a mountain where the peak is always shrouded in fog and just out of reach.
Persist, and someday you may see the peak in sunshine. You may pick up the stone and it's a thing of beauty.

MP@BBB Studio

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