Tag Archives: willow-leaf ficus

Midnight Rider

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

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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It was a Monday

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

I’m walking through my collection on a Monday. Last Monday, or maybe two mondays ago, as I write this, but you may be reading this three years from now so I’ll just say, “It was a Monday”. I’m looking around … Continue reading →

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Chop chop chop, is it technique or butchery? 

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Uh oh! It doesn’t look good for this ficus.  Like they say, the first cut is the deepest. Snikt!!Don’t worry, I might know what I’m doing…..maybe.  Let’s continue with the insults, it gets worse. Poor tree. It gets worse. You see, … Continue reading →

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A matter of taste or, the past is prologue

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

Time for a haircut. In more ways than one…….Yeah, lookin’ like a crazy man here recently. In fact, it’s getting easier and easier to lose oneself in the electric lime green foliage of this tree…..   Dumm dum duhmmmmmmm! I’m a … Continue reading →

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Check out the first full length Adamaskwhy YouTube video

Posted on September 24, 2016 by

Get ready to be amazed! (or severely disappointed, or, for my enemies, even annoyed) For behold, we have waiting below, just a click away, the very first, full color, full length, walking, talking, and accompanied by music, YouTube video from … Continue reading →

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All Wired up with no place to go…..

Posted on September 9, 2016 by

Three trees, a ficus, a raintree, and a water jasmine, walk into a bar….….they each say, in three different languages, the same thing,  “Ouch” Sorry. I think I’ve made that joke before. Sounds like one of mine.  We need some … Continue reading →

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A magnificent willow leaf ficus

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

Lunch time!  Linguica sausage and Mexican beer, a meal fit for royalty. I’ll need it for all the work on this magnificent specimen.  Ficus salicaria (willow leaf ficus. And yes, I don’t care who you are, it is f. salicaria, … Continue reading →

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