This book contains the origin story of Brent, the philosopher robot.

Flying the flag on Labor Day.

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My display bonsai at the Okinawan Festival, an upright escambron with mountain viewing stone.

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These are the eight bonsai that I will be donating to the Hawaii Bonsai Association for sale at this weekend's Okinawan Festival at the Honolulu Convention Center.

Follow-up on the chokan bonsai citrus, styled and potted July 23rd. It has leafed out nicely. Grown from seed. More on Hawaiian trees for bonsai in my book: .

Before and after restyling the twin trunk kou (Cordia subcordata) bonsai. Kou is a native Hawaiian tree used for wood carving and is well suited for bonsai. To learn more about bonsai with Hawaiian trees, buy my book:

My twenty-six thousand word novella is finsished, ready for publishing.

Book launch party this Saturday.

I gave a tour yesterday at the Mānoa Heritage Center. Photo by Andrea. The Center is featured in my new book, Love Beyond Orbit.

Last night, after dark, two maiapilo blossoms opened up so Andrea and I went out to photograph them. This one was taken with flash.

This is the bougainvillea that I repotted today at the Rainbow Bonsai Club potting workshop.

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This is my autobiography trailer made for me by Ashley Janet Woods. It quotes the Black Dragon, Ron Van Clief, who was kind enough to write a back cover blurb for me. The book is a Finalist in the 2024 Literary Global Book Awards, Biography category.

Miapilo is an native endemic endangered Hawaiian flowering shrub. Our maiapilo has been blooming every day for several days, now. Tuesday morning, August 5. Photo by Andrea.

Pruning my buttonwood bonsai on Monday morning. Always have enough bonsai to keep busy.

I pruned and repotted this autograph tree into a slightly larger growing pot.

After potting the bonsai Italian stone pine in a plastic training pot.

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The Italian stone pine after unwiring and dead branch removal, shown at a better planting angle.

This is an Italian stone pine (Pinus pinea) having grown for several months after pruning and wiring. Italian stone pines are sometimes seen as small grocery store Christmas trees. They are interesting but difficult for bonsai.