This picture summarizes the 3rd year of my passion for bonsai.- Sawara cypress is back to health- Acer palmatum 'Kashima' pruned & wired to a pleasing shape- a wonderful new Satsuki Azalea 'Nikko'- a from cutting grown Callicarpa bodinieri flowering in a Heijan Senzan pot- framed by a tiny shitakusa Saxifraga cuneifolia minorand in the background some other mesmerizing bonsai on the benchin my own uniquely styled garden setting on an uncleaned table for there is always something I have overlooked.