dsc01075.jpgMy favourite time of the year is close

Spring time. The fresh leaves that opens, buds swelling, new growth and flowers. Can it be better, together with rising temperatures; not the global warming friends, but the normal degrees and the warmth from the sun, the light that makes you feel better together with the joy of a new happy and busy bonsai season?   Remember to enjoy your bonsai. Do not only strive for better quality through dedicated hard work and competitions; but please do lean back, watch and relax with peace in mind, just viewing the beauty of branches, trunks and leaves. The true beauty and joy of bonsai is not only exhibiting, although it is one of the key features in this art form, but it is also to sit and closely study all details of the tree €“ slowly and with peace in mind. This part is my favourite. I do not need anything else in some moments, than being among my tree-friends, observing and enjoying their company. One of the legends in the world of bonsai, Japanese Saburo Kato (who deceased a short while ago) used his bonsai to remember his father. He found peace in mind and joy when he was sad, just by sitting and looking at his Ezo Matsu, Spruce bonsai, once collected at the Russian coast with his father. The trees made Saburo Kato remember the happy moments, and this is some of the power bonsai possesses, besides being a beautiful art form. And spring brings forward new life and another year of development and peaceful moments in my garden. Please enjoy yours too. Happy growing.