Jim Lewis wrote:
Hoist one for me, please.

You bet we did, Jim. Unfortunately, the best we could do was Sam
Adams.....

The bonsai convention was great fun on Saturday, with a remarkable
number of IBC'ers in attendance. I was a little disappointed that the
exhibit contained more rocks than trees- is this because of quarantine
restrictions? I got an earful from everybody about quarantine
restrictions!!!!! Apparently a carload of Canadian trees were stopped
at the border....

Here's the hot scoop on pots (please pass this news on to Reiner):
Pink is the new blue. I was told by a pot dealer that pink is very
popular now in Japan, but wasn't selling very well in the US.

Nina, who bought a pot of pale salmon pink and is very happy with it.