Today I was in Kropa visiting my friend Andrej. We were working on Juniperus Chinensis which was first styled a year ago. Now it is ready for next step. We worked on shari and basic design which will be finished at Saturday's workshop in Nova Gorica.

Dopoldne sem bil pri Andreju v Kropi. Delala sva na kitajskem brinu, ki sva ga prvič oblikovala pred letom dni. Zdaj je nared za nadaljevanje. Ukvarjala sva se s šarijem in osnovnim dizajnom, ki ga bova dokončala na sobotni delavnici v Novi Gorici.

As many times before - even Juniperus get its new front. This was always Andrej's favorite side and finally he get it! :-) With this makeover we did rid of unnatural top (brave cut was needed) and get compact crown. All that isn't obvious yet because tree must bi wired first. But true bonsaists can see a completed tree in raw material. And this time me and Andrej have the same thinking and visualization! 

Kot se velikokrat zgodi, je tudi brin dobil novo prednjo stran. Andrej je za to stran navijal že ves čas, zdaj je končno dosegel svoje! :-) S to preobrazbo sva se znebila nenaravnega vrha (potreben je bil pogumen rez) in dobila kompaktnejšo krošnjo. Vsega tega se zdaj še ne vidi, ker je treba drevo najprej ožičiti in oblikovati. A pravi bonsajisti že v grmu vej vidijo izdelano drevo. In tokrat sva se z Andrejem v razmišljanju in vizualizaciji povsem ujela!

See you in Nova Gorica in Saturday! (Evening before I'll rush to the Tora for special education ...)

Se vidimo v soboto v Novi Gorici! (Še prej, v petek zvečer hitim na posebno izobraževanje v Toro ...)