January 2021 Bonsai Newsletter
The new year is starting off as the old one finished: an extension of Covid-19 restrictions. Your Conejo Valley Bonsai Society is adapting to this ongoing “new normal” in several ways, with our monthly newsletter taking the lead.
Bonsai Guidelines
During the “old normal” times, many members benefitted from club advisor Ken Fuentes’ expert advice during in-person meetings. To fill this gap, we are offering some ways members can interact with Ken.
One is his Bonsai Guidelines column (for an example, see pages 4 – 5 in the December 2020 issue). If you are working with a problem tree, need a critique of an existing bonsai, or have questions relating to your trees, please contact Ken. Attach some photographs and describe the issue you need help with, and Ken will work with you to recommend a solution. The results will be presented in his newsletter column.
Another way to get Ken’s help is to arrange a virtual one-on-one consultation with him via Zoom. To arrange such an interactive session, please contact Ken at the email address above.
Virtual Niche Displays
I would like to remind everyone that we need members to volunteer for our virtual niche display, a monthly newsletter activity. See page 3 for the current list and for the months that are open.
Members’ Bonsai Projects
Please remember our members’ bonsai projects section in our newsletter. If you are working on a bonsai project, please document what you are doing with some photo-graphs and a few paragraphs describing the project. Send these to our newsletter editor, David Whiteside.
