Hi Andy.

Thanks for this latest edition, Andy. Jack Douthitt & Scott Clark did a
great job coordinating articles.

I especially liked Scott Clark's article on a bonsai bridge begun by Alex
Alexander 60 years ago and completed by Susumu Nakamura:
http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/news...agobotanic.htm
It should be read alongside Scott's other article on the Mid-America Bonsai
Exhibition (also at Chicago Botanic Garden):
http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/news...midamerica.htm

Andy Smith's article on collecting is awesome. He writes
What is charming about these old specimens is that they
constantly speak the language of the land from which
they came.
Mine chants, " 'Lowe's knows,' Row 6"... but, then, I don't face snakes
(often), either... :-)
http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/news...collecting.htm

There are many great surprises. I was heartened to see that the National
Bonsai and Penjing Museum had lent 3 suiseki to another institution:
http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/nabf/newsletter4/meijer.htm

Thanks, again.

Best wishes,
Chris... C. Cochrane, , Richmond VA USA

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