A day at Bodhidharma, life is busy.

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A day at Bodhidharma, life is busy.

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I just wanted to share a day in my life at my property with you all. My helper and i had a busy day on Friday consisting of, preparing a couple of layers, one on my Casuarina :fc: on that one. One from my orchard which is a nectarine i have been getting ready for years and hope is successful. We then prepared a Melalueca for collecting, which i also have high hopes for, Mowed the property which is stunning at this time of year. Watered the Bonsai and had a cup of tea. Hells Bells i am nearly as busy as Alpine. :lol:
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Hi Bodhi,
Mate, I know what you mean about being busy. I retired 4 years ago. I have come to the conclusion that retirement is a fallacy. You have a wonderful looking property there mate. Wish I had just a fraction of that space. :aussie: :hooray:

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Ray M wrote: I have come to the conclusion that retirement is a fallacy.
Yep, retired to work at home and i dont have enough hours in the day anymore :palm:
Ray M wrote: Wish I had just a fraction of that space. :aussie: :hooray:
It is beautiful, but takes 3 and 1/2 hours to mow, another :palm:
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Hi Bodhi,
Not only am I involved with Bonsai, I also belong to two Model Railway Societies. I am secretary for one and also the WEB administrator. We have just finished a two week venture with the Art and About Sydney Festival. I also have a real passion for photography. I have been involved in photography for 50 years or more. I used to do demonstrations and judging, and was with the Australian Photographic Society for some years as well as being the Technical Officer for a period of time. These days I do my photography more for my own enjoyment. I occasionally take on special projects related to photography.

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All that before 10am :lol: :lol: :lol: All those trees down the hill in blossom would certainly make for quite the pretty picture :mrgreen:
The nectarine certainly does have cascading amounts of potential :cool: and the Cas will be super sumo, hope it works :fc: did you do a full ring bark method on the Cas?

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Hi Ryan, I also like the nectarine and hope the layer is successful. It is a plan coming together after many years and i am excited. It is coming off a tree planted in the 60's.
The Cas is a bridge layer and the large pot will stay there for a while i reckon.
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Post by Meagi »

I had a luxury of visiting yesterday to pick up a very nice hornbeam
Wired it up when I got home will be very nice in years to come
Bodhi that nectarine will be magnificent no doubt in my mind
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