will*law

Chris,

I also whole heartedly agree. From what I've seen in the Fingerlakes and Rochester clubs (or at anything at International Bonsai) the mean age for bonsai folks appears to be maybe 55, with many people being in their 60s. The makeup online seems to be a little bit different, at least of folks who actively post. (I was very impressed watching a retired guy spend $2500 with Suthin at Bill V's shohin seminar in june)

For what it's worth, I'm 25. And I could be totally wrong about all that, but it's how things appear. And I just don't have the disposable income to spend thousands of dollars on a tree. This year, anyway!

Having said that, I have spent several hundred dollars on trees that are not quite finished but close that I have bought from older individuals who either have to get out or who need to reduce their collection. Often times you can get extremely high quality material very inexpensively this way.

As for why I don't post pictures - of mostly anything - I guess I'm not that fond of my digital camera right now. I'll have a new one soon, so... we'll see.

Will