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Yosemite in the Fall
This weekend a few friends and I headed to Yosemite to take some photos. The park wasn’t too crowded even through the temperature was in the mid-60s but 28 at night! Rather than posting all of the...
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Tsukinowa Yusen (月之輪湧泉) – In Search of another Answer
Frank and I enjoyed the last Yusen search so much that it was exciting to see that he had another Yusen pot that we could research. Tsukinowa Yusen Pot Tsukinowa Yusen Pot Tsukinowa Yusen Pot Pay...
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A Yellow Wax Stone (Sugata-ishi)
Our friend David Sampson has a number of wonderful suiseki and we highly recommend that you visit his site. A number of years ago we noticed on his site that he has this marvelous Chinese Wax stone...
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Taikan-Ten 2012 Part 1
Taikan-Ten held every November in Kyoto is the second largest bonsai show in Japan. Besides having wonderful trees, there is also a judging for suiseki which are then placed in the show. Taikan-Ten...
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Taikan-Ten 2012 Part 2
Today we continue with 15 more suiseki photographs from the 2012 Taikan-Ten show in Kyoto, Japan. Please note that if a number tag is attached to a stone it was in the process of being judged for the...
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Taikan-Ten 2012 Part 3
This is the final post on the Taikan-Ten show in Kyoto, Japan. Today’s photos were shot in the vendor area of the show. Enjoy! A Few Books About To Go On Sale
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Post 150 – Tsukinowa Yusen
Well our blog reaches another milestone today – our 150th blog post. Little did we know when we started in August of 2009, that some three years later there would be more fun stuff to write about. KJ...
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Pots by Syuku-hou
Syuku-hou was a good friend of Toufukuji and they often shared kilns to fire their pots. Whereas many of Toufukuji’s pots used multiple glaze colors the two examples today of Syuku-hou’s pots are...
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Shinano Chazan
We were introduced to Shinano Chazan pots by Peter Tea about 18 months ago. Peter was making a trip back to the US from his apprenticeship in Nagoya, Japan and brought numerous small pots with him....
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Some of Our Favorite Bonsai Trees
Since I seem to have come down with bronchitis and don’t feel very well, I thought I would look through old photos today and review some of our favorite bonsai trees that we have seen over the years....
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Some of Our Favorite American Bonsai Trees
Last week we posted about some of our favorite Japanese bonsai trees, so this week we are going to post a few photos that I took back in 2007 and 2008 at the BIB show. Boon has a fabulous bonsai club...
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Some of Our Favorite American Bonsai Trees – Part II
This is Part II of the trees where I took a few photos back in 2007 and 2008 at the BIB show. Boon has a fabulous bonsai club and he and his members have a number of very fine bonsai. I would highly...
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Ichiyo Bonsai Pots
We like small pots. Anyone who reads our blog will not be surprised by that of course. But how small is small. How about under 5cm. Is that small? Well yes it is and of course being that small makes...
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Bunzan Pots – A Few More
We were changing out a few items for display in the house – we decided at the first of the year we would only show bonsai pots for January – and we pulled out a couple of Bunzan pots to display. Bunzan...
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Bay Island Bonsai – 2013 Exhibit
A short blog post today to remind everyone that Bay Island Bonsai is having their 2013 show this weekend. You can learn all about the show – just click here. Bay Island Bonsai 2013 The show is being...
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Bay Island Bonsai Exhibit of Fine Bonsai 2013
The BIB show was this weekend and I must admit we had a great time visiting the show and seeing all of our friends and making new ones. KJ and I took a few snapshots to just give you a glance of what...
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The Suiseki Art of Mas Nakajima
The Suiseki Art of Mas Nakajima First and foremost these photographs do not capture the beauty of this highly artistic display by Mas. So any distraction while viewing his work is solely our...
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Furuya Stones
With Kokufu opening just a bit more than an hour ago, at the time I’m writing this post, we can’t help but recall a suiseki we acquired last year at the Green Club – a Furuya stone. Furuya Stone with...
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The Green Club 2013
Well it is that time of year again – Kokufu 2013. We didn’t get the opportunity to make it this year but we did obtain just a few photos from the Green Club. Unfortunately no trees but several...
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Katsuragi Kozan — Table Craftsman
Today we want to post about a table maker from Japan by the name of Katsuragi Kouzan. He was a tropical wood craftsman who was active from the Taisho Period (July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926) to...
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