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And in these times of blaming those who are different, from outside our neatly done little place... We are the fruit of our difference.

Great photos, both of you, thanks ! 😍😇

Talking a bout birds : I discoved that my best ex-girl friend is a fan of trad music from Scotland, my ! Sent her links about uilean pipes like this one and... ... and others, but Liam O'Flynn will always remain as, whatsit in English, a milestone ? A reference.

The blackbirds are at home here, but there's always a robin too, especially when you dig a a patch, it almost climbs on the fork to see if it can catch a worm ! I try to keep the magpies at bay, I like their look but they're predators. A couple of collared doves (are they the same each year?)...

Hi eplov90, sorry for this late answer. Length -- typical 2/3 node cutting? ---> Yes, more like 3/4 though. Hormones -- do you use hormones? Yes, most of the time. "Chysotop vert", or organic. ---> Very draining, I like 75% aquarium sand 2-3 mm and 25% composted pine bark but fine gauge...

First frosts : -2°C and not much more in the afternoon (+4°C) in the past two days : just brought the bigger ones inside, no photos yet. Next two weeks should be without frost, might bring them back outside...

Just for the fun : Aseedling of 'Ryusen' that has retained the weeping charctristics of the mother plant. I had dozens from the same tree, a quarter of them showing this weeping tendancy. I put this one in a big pot, with fertilizer. July 23 and today : It's hard to decide what I will do...

(acerp11_) This one has held its leaves much longer than others. I had moved it to a place where it got more sun a couple of weeks ago. In the weeds, and in the garage, under artificial lights :

I found a more suitable pot for this one :

Hey,

Very, very nice ! :D Would be much, much nicer in another pot... 🏹 😄

... but if "la mer" is probably the besty-known song of his around the world, one of my favourite is "Douce France". We and our kids wouldsing it in the car when going on holidays, like "Nationale 7", and others, and other tunes too :

Hey! That's sweet ! :D It's actually from a French (not Italian) hit, "la mer", a real "corny jig" that I love. It dates back to the early 1940s :

It's so easy to take cuttings, it's so hard to have them die. the problem is what pot can I use ? I hope next spring I'll find a much sallower pot. Meanwhile, it will grow...

Maple bonsai to be. An air-layer September 2020 to November 2023 :

Three Dunkeld larch (Larix eurolepis = Larix marschlinsii) :

Bravo ! I spent a schoolyear in dundee, Scotland, and at the weekend we would go to pubs where locals played traditional tunes, like in Arbroath, playing the fiddle, and singing songs. At that time (in the 70s), there were not cops making you blow in a breathalizer on the way back home ! :D

Thanks. It was a cutting made over 20 years ago, the size of a toothpick. The oldest photo I have is from August 2003 and I think it was at least 5 years old :

Right, that's yiddish, an eastern Jewish dialect spoken with variants from Bessarabia to Russia, Poland, Germany, etc. Words like "Papirosn" (cigarettes) are still used, or understandable in some eastern european countries. Translations : http://yidlid.org/chansons/dona-dona/ There were even...

Arakawa : Ryusen : One from seed : Acer discolor. I havre three, and they're the best pink colours in autumn. Still waiting to work one as bonsai : Last leaves of Acer elegantulum, gorgeous colours in autumn, but the leaves are so large that making a bonsai is a complete no-no ...

A very hot and dry summer here in the Loire valley. A few potted maples that survived. Different colours : when they were repotted, amount of soil mix, sun exposure, etc. : The one I prefer :

Harmonies de meufs (chick's harmonies, or sthmg) A song by Félix Leclerc (Canadian French, québécois), Le Bal Then, "Montagne Sainte-Genviève", one of the hills in Paris, and a famous piece of French gypsy jazz by Django Reinhardt. And, ohhh, how I love "Montagne sainte geneviève", any...

Very kind of you, thanks mate. Where are you from,spkokocki1956 ? It's always useful to know whereabout people are, climate, soil, etc. can make a difference. Being of Polish origins, "kokocki" rings a bell. 1956, thats when I was 1 year old. But all this can't help us, me included, to help...

An air-layer. Pictures from February 22 to today :