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Text Box: Take a small bonsai, a grass planting or just a clump of bamboo or tall grass, add an animal figurine or perhaps a person of interest and you have creation that bring out a smile on the face of every adult or child that looks at the creation. We saw these first in a Copy of Bonsai Today magazine a couple of years ago. This isn’t serious bonsai, it’s just pure creativity. We are asking anyone attending the 06 Day of Bonsai to consider creating a figurine planting. No rules, just fun and creativity. We will show all the figurine

Text Box: Bonsai Today Magazine Issue 95 January & February 2005 has a wonderful article on Bonsai & Figurines. I will bring a copy of that issue to the February meeting . As I said this isn’t serious bonsai just a way to try and be creative by not being held to rigid rules. Leo Fortner will be doing a lecture on Tray Landscapes at the Day of Bonsai 06. The Planting with figurines will be a nice addition to this presentation. Joe Day

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Text Box: any information that makes you uneasy. It’s still difficult to locate any “ I need it fast “ bonsai supplies. You still have to plan ahead and mail order or internet buy most of what you will need. The nice thing now is the average bonsai artist can get on a internet site and post a picture of any bonsai in their collection to be seen by lots and lots of

Text Box: It can be stated in two words, Information and supplies. Information about bonsai is available in vast quantities with new books being published very often. The internet is a door into a vast world of bonsai and bonsai how to information. Most of the information is good, some excellent. With a large group of local bonsai artist to call and ask questions you can always get an opinion about

Text Box: other artist. Before the internet many bonsai artist with very good bonsai were never known beyond their local city. A lifetime of work would be created then with the death of the artist disappear with only a few people ever viewing and appreciating the years and years of hard work. If you want to be seen, you can now, by many, many people. Joe Day

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Text Box: entrance, have bonsai lectures inside at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. Last year Fred, Joe Kuhn and Leo gave the lectures. The lecture room was full for both the morning and evening lectures. We will need ACBS members to give the lectures this year. To get publicity started quickly we will need to know the name of our 06 lecture

Text Box: speakers at the Feb. meeting. How about You as a speaker? It’s a fun way to interest people in the art of bonsai. The 06 Regional Library Show will be a larger show than the 05 show. If you want to show your bonsai let Joe Kuhn know ASAP. Joe Day

Text Box: Last year we began the library show with dark clouds, blowing rain and a real chill in the air but lots of people were looking at the bonsai as soon as we sat them on the tables. This year we can hope for better weather and another great day talking with lots of people about bonsai. We will show bonsai under the deep set back at the front

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Text Box: The Pensacola Gulf Coast Bonsai Society will hold a Spring Bonsai Auction March 2nd at their normal meeting site, the Gulf Breeze Library. The Auction will start at 7:30 P.M. This is a wonderful fun auction. As with all bonsai auctions you never know what will show up but some nice bonsai items can always be found. I you would like to go and need directions as Joe Day at the next meeting