My Small Collection is Multiplying

Godschick

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I attended my first Fresno Bonsai Society event this weekend. First of all I woke up to a message that said be prepared to take some trees home with you. I was gifted with 10 pre-bonsai\saplings! I am pretty sure he anticipates me killing a few, but definitely wants me to get some experience. I finally got the trident maples I’ve been wanting! 🥰 Between this forum, volunteering at the Bonsai collection and my local Bonsai society, I can definitely say Bonsai people are some of the most generous, amazing people ever! Thank you to all of you here at Bonsai Nut who have given me some great advice and have been very helpful and for the few that I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to meet.
 

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We appreciate you too!

And with such an educated, meaningful approach, I look forward to what you will be offering us in the future!

Just, if you get a chance to meet Smoke, you gotta hug him for me, then punch him in the arm!

Sorce
 
Some good looking material! Sweet little olive too. I have also found bonsai folk to be some of the awesomest most generous people too. Looks like all you are missing is a ficus and your bonsai beginner collection will be complete 😁
 
We appreciate you too!

And with such an educated, meaningful approach, I look forward to what you will be offering us in the future!

Just, if you get a chance to meet Smoke, you gotta hug him for me, then punch him in the arm!

Sorce
Thanks for the kind and encouraging words Sorce! I’m anxious to see what the future holds as well. It feels like I’m soooo far from where I want to be, especially seeing yours and others work and knowledge.

I did meet Smoke! What an incredible man and opportunity to see his collections. @rollwithak missed it, but I hope to get to meet him and see his maples someday too! Next time I see Smoke, I’ll give him a hug and an arm punch for ya! 😆
 
We appreciate you too!

And with such an educated, meaningful approach, I look forward to what you will be offering us in the future!

Just, if you get a chance to meet Smoke, you gotta hug him for me, then punch him in the arm!

Sorce
"educated, meaningful approach" huh. Surely you'll get nothing from me then hahaha. @Godschick you are on your own on this one.
 
Some good looking material! Sweet little olive too. I have also found bonsai folk to be some of the awesomest most generous people too. Looks like all you are missing is a ficus and your bonsai beginner collection will be complete 😁
I was totally blown away that he gave me all those! Funny you mentioned that, I was thinking I needed a ficus.

And a desert rose. And a bougainvillea. And a Cedar Atlas. And a pomegranate. And a Catlin Elm. And a …. 😜
 
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Smoke! What an incredible man and opportunity to see his collections. @rollwithak missed it,

I'm still not certain these are 2 different people!🤣
I'll only believe they are when you post a picture of them both together!

Sorce
 
I was totally blown away that he gave me all those! Funny you mentioned that, I was thinking I needed a ficus.

And a desert rose. And a bougainvillea. And a Cedar Atlas. And a pomegranate. And a Catlin Elm. And a …. 😜
Ahh… I see the addiction is strong with this one… 🤣 That’s how it begins…. One of these… one of those…. Pots you don’t have trees for yet…. Trees you don’t have pots for yet…. Then next thing you know, you have no more yard and are living in the middle a forest of itty bitty trees…. 🥳
 
I'm still not certain these are 2 different people!🤣
I'll only believe they are when you post a picture of them both together!

Sorce
The elusive two! I will certainly try to round up the two of them together and take a picture of all three of us 😎
 
Ahh… I see the addiction is strong with this one… 🤣 That’s how it begins…. One of these… one of those…. Pots you don’t have trees for yet…. Trees you don’t have pots for yet…. Then next thing you know, you have no more yard and are living in the middle a forest of itty bitty trees…. 🥳
Very strong! 😜That’s exactly the way this is going for me at this point 🤣 I actually don’t even have a yard. I live in an apartment with a decent balcony. I keep having to add shelves to hold my forest of mini trees.
 
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