About four years ago, Courtney, my Mom and I were driving back up the Pacific Coast Highway on our way back from Big Sur, when we stumbled accrost a large orchid dealership called Sheldance. It was right outside of San Francisco where we had planned to have dinner, so we went in to check the [...]
Last Saturday, New England Bonsai Gardens held their annual Fall members day and bonsai show. For years now I’ve been attending this event, but it was only this year that I finally decided to enter my best tree into the show. I’ve owned the Japanese Maple I entered for six years now, and have taken [...]
People like to say that if you remain motivated and work hard all your effort will pay off in the end, and you will be rewarded with great success. That may well be true, but if you are an artist, or your name is Toichi Itoh, that success may come a little later than you [...]
