The Bonsai Blog of Hans Van Meer

Hi everybody,

yesterday, while stretching my legs a little in my garden, I was  immediately drawn to the almost glowing image in the back garden. It was the yellow foliage on mine Larch (The Elephant) that was realy lit up by the last weak winter sun rays, just before it would completely disappears behind my house. So I quickly cleaned the aria around the pot and made this hand held picture. And just in time to! Because only half a hour of typical Dutch stormy weather later, most of these last memories of the warm Autumn sun ended up on the wet floor. Winter is here! And soon the image of this old Survivor will be lit up again, when the fading Sun light hits the freshly fallen snow that covers its branches!

Wow…… those painkillers make me all poetic!

Cheers,

Hans van Meer.

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Hi everybody,

today I finally managed to do some light pruning work on one of my Hawthorns. Although I only managed to stand up like this for about 15 minutes, it still was nice to finally be able to do something! I hope that this is the first baby step to better times!

Looking at this picture though, I do realize that my playing years are over !

Hans van Meer.

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Hi everybody,

I wright this with a sad heart. Because tomorrow the next, by now legendary residential “BURRS” Bonsai weekend will start and I wound be there this time! My recovery after my back operation will take a lot longer than the 3 weeks I had hoped for! So about a week ago I had to tell my dear friend Tony Tickle, who organises this unique happening every year, that I would not be able to come and work with my, by now, dear Bonsai friends! Tony, being the good friend he is,  was more worried about my health and understood completely that it would be irresponsible for me to try to come in this state! So they have to do with out me this time, but I do know that all my friends are more than OK in the talented hands of Enrico Savini, Ivo Saporiti, Terry Foster and of course Tony Tickle him self. So that is no problem at all! But it those mean that these poor teachers have to run and work twise as hard now! If this weekend, these around 30 guy’s will have half the fun we had last year, they will have a truly wonderful and unique Bonsai experience!   2 day’s and one long night of friendship and working on small trees, with people from all the corners of Europe, all brought together because of  their love for Bonsai and strong liquor.. it is a shame I have to miss it! SIGH!

Have fun guy’s and behave! And please…not to much loud powertools!!!!

Cheers,

Hans van Meer.

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Hi everybody,

I would like to bring your attention to a truly unique Bonsai event “The Joy of Bonsai 2010″.  This Bonsai extravaganza will be again staged in the Bath pavilion in the truly beautiful city of Bath in the U.K.

I am again very proud to be invited to be a part of the many international demonstrators that will show their magic during this 2 day Bonsai weekend. If you take a look at the flyer below you can see just how many talent will be there to watch and ask questions. Because at “The Joy of Bonsai” you can walk around every demonstrator, so you will be able to see exactly from close up what they are doing and you can ask in person what ever you want to know! There will be a large exhibition of the very best Bonsai in all sizes, scrolls and suiseki! And there will be 20 well stoked  traders for you to visit! And off course there is the wonderful city of Bath to explore, were everything still breaths Roman empire. I do hope you will take the effort to come to this unique event, I can promise you that it will be worth your wile and that you will have a wonderful time at Britain’s most comprehensive, educational and entertaining  bonsai ’happening’.

CU there,

Hans van Meer.

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