Author Archives: adamaskwhy

About adamaskwhy

Visual artist specializing in bonsai, mostly.

Pigeon plum, a vomitoria and the withered trunk

Posted on August 13, 2017

Two more trees for your perusal (and, of course, my self edification).  A pigeon plum…and a dwarf yaupon….The yaupon is currently in a style I’ll call the “Bozo the Clown style”. You’ll have to Google that one. It’s a style … Continue reading →

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You know what they say about people that have big bonsai….

Posted on August 11, 2017

Lysiloma sabicu….I think. Horseflesh mahogany is the colorful common name. We (that would be David and I, not the royal “we”) are going to put it into that green pot. It looks small but……..it’s not.  We also have a big Brazilian … Continue reading →

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Like a buttonwood 

Posted on August 3, 2017

Green cones, white flowers, clean verdant leaves, backlit, life energy flowing through the veins and around the margins. Ancient species, a bridge between the fossil and the new. From Africa, cradle of life, floating over the ocean. At home in the … Continue reading →

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Midnight Rider

Posted on July 14, 2017

It’s after midnight, and I’m going to let it all hang out (and mix my song references).  Because I’m not sleepy, or maybe I have a guilty conscience (or not, depends on who you listen to, I could, as evidenced … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Miniature Moss Gardens

Posted on July 8, 2017

I got a book in the mail. Sweet.  I love doing book reviews!  Especially well put together ones. That means I get to share it with y’all (even though I’ve been in the “South” longer than I was in the “North” … Continue reading →

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Bonsai work

Posted on July 5, 2017

“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. ” 
~ John Ruskin  Ok, for those of you who googled good ol’ John, he did have some odd ideas. … Continue reading →

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From the brink….

Posted on July 1, 2017

The back story…… Early February, 2017. Gulfport Mississippi, on a tour. I’m at Buck’s house, working on trees. A lot of trees. I did some carving on a podocarpus.  Wired it up too. That was fun.  Did some touch up carving … Continue reading →

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