On a visit to one of the Israeli Bonsai artists I came across these Wire bonsai! I know that there are a few guys who do this but Ami adds a special twist (sorry) to his wire sculptures. They are miniature bonsai ‘scenes’ that include people, animals and other features. Look out for the windswept tree and person… real nice!
We visited Mount Herman today and it was hot in the Valley 38c AGAIN but it was nice and cool on the top 22c! the whole of the mountain was alive with wild flowers, amazing colours in the bright sunlight. And there was snow… this is a Ski resort in winter.
Yesterday I arrived at Tel Aviv airport right in the heart of Israel. I was met by Ofer Grunwald who was dressed as a large white rabbit with a pink tummy! This was the start of my Israeli odyssey. When I left the UK it was 28c and very hot for May. Here in the north of Israel it is also unusually hot for May… its 38c! Enrico Savini and his student Tommaso Triossi are here to as we are doing a demo at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens later this week. Today we were blessed with a yamadori hunt, not to collect as it is way too hot… but to investigate and recommend to Ofer what to look for and what to collect. Here are a few images from the trip so far…
Perhaps you should not collect yamadori here
I first met Walter in 1995, he is one of my favourite ‘personalities’ in the bonsai world. If the rest of the bonsai folk were like Walter, the world would be a better place… oh yes… his garden is amazing!
In arrived in my home at 10.00am on Tuesday after staying the night with Stone Monkey near Tunbridge Wells in the South of England. My European Tour started on 2nd May and finished on 16th May. I visited 7 countries and travelled 5239Km/3256miles.
I met many wonderful people, plus a few crazy ones! Ate really good food, drank in moderation and perhaps talked too much. Thanks for following my epic journey, I have an enormous amount of material for this blog including over 2 hours of video, 1500 photos and lots of great stories that will feature here over the next few weeks.
For now though here are my personal reflections and statistics from the tour:
Best roads: Germany
Worst roads: Slovenia
Best Food: Italy
Worst Food: Germany
Most enthusiastic bonsai Nation: Hungary
Highest point: 1760 mtrs in Austria
Lowest point: Sharing the stage with a Prima Donna
Best Night Out: Ljubljana
Strangest drink: Fruit of Myrtle Spirit (Italian homemade)
Best bonsai personality: Marc Noelanders
Hero: Tomaž Kovšca (organiser of EBA Ljubljana)
Zero: Brussels Ring Road
Best Weather: Italy
Worst Weather: Belgium
Best Audience: Belgium
Worst Coffee: Germany
Best Coffee: Italy
Favourite place: On top of a mountain in Slovenia
Funniest name: “Gasthof Wanker” in Austria
Best thing of all: staying with friends old and new
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