The Bonsai Blog of Hans Van Meer

Hi everybody,

it’s been a while, I am sorry, But I just did not have the heart to post any sooner!

I had a lot of recovering to do after my second back operation, so that took most of my energy. But what was realy tough to do during these last month’s, was that I had to  slowly watch my two favorite Pines die!

These ancient trees that I worked so successfully on for so many years. That were only just a few years away from being  shown for the first time.

For the first time, after all these years of stubborn working on these time consuming yamadori,  I would have been able to show my best work after almost a decade of loving care!

This year marks my twenties year in Bonsai and as I wrote earlier in the begining of this year, that I had to reset my goals in Bonsai because of my back problems. But that I had some almost finished Bonsai to bring to their peak to keep me happily busy for the next couple of years! Well they died!

Bellow: One of them was well over 600 years old! When I bought him, he had no roots at all. With a lot of care I saved him from curtain dead and turned it in to a happy and healthy tree again. Than to  helplessly  have to watch something that old and wonderful die, to be honest, that was realy devastating! 

Bellow: Any one that visit my website and red my stories about “THE SWAN”, knows just how precious this unique hollow old Pine was to me! I honestly believe that the world lost a very special tree and future Bonsai!

Were to go from here with pursuing this art form, I honestly dont know? I dont have the opportunity anymore to collect and I  am certainly not able to afford  yamadori this precious again! And even if  I could, there are no others like these two! I have a lot of thinking and soul searching to do!

Bellow: Even in death my swan is mind blowing. So sad!

Thanks for listening again my friends! And thanks for all your warm replies! It is highly appreciated!

Regards,

Hans van Meer.

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