hello from Japan

Welcome from Ohio, Goldenfish! Your member name made me think of a beautiful pond, too. I've never tried to grow orchids because I thought they were too difficult; with so many unusual blooms, though, I might have to try.

Have you ever seen the website of Big White Guy? He's a Canadian who moved to Hong Kong with his Japanese wife. He's a great photographer and writes some really interesting stuff. http://bigwhiteguy.com

gardenwife: That was a pretty cool website. Did you know there were little goldenfish Dim Sum on the Dim Sum page. :) Thanks for sharing the site.

Thank you for the warm welcome, llilyfan and gardenwife...!

llilyfan,
I admire your lilies everytime:)

gardenwife,
That was very cool.I've been to HongKong before that was given back to China. It was my first overseas travel!! Though,it was hard to read all of the site to me, I enjoy it very much:) Thank you for sharing the website.

thanks goldenfish, they seem to be my 'foolproof' plants. Should have lots more next year.

Welcome from the Moominland Goldenfish! :)

Seems like you've hanged in here for some time already, I like your photos, your orchids look really cool - Please post more of them, it would also be nice to see pictures of the landscape there :)

Hi Evert. Thank you for the welcome!

Gee! You've been sending so many pictures to DG!! That's amazing. I enjoy to see them very much! I have not so many pictures though, try to keep sending them little by little. And yes, whenever I go out, I need carring my camera...!;)

Hey goldenfish, can you give me
instuctions on how to shape a
regular tree to make it look
bonsai??

Then it would be topiary; bonsai is very tiny.

Welcome to Dave's!

Welcome deller! Are you interested in bonsai? I like bonsai,too. A regular tree is a tree in a garden you mean? If the tree in a pot, you can train it likes bonsai to use wire. It is difficult to explain how to make bonsai for my English proficiency though, you can get some good imfomation in Bonsai forum:) Recreating the weathered trees in a small pot is Bonsai. I hope you find it informative.

http://www.bonsaibasics.com/wire.html

Hi goldenfish. I love your name since I raise koi. I spent a few years when I was small in Taiwan. We had vacations in Japan and I danced in the fountain at the Royal Palace when I was 3 years old. Japan is very pretty and the people always were friendly with my family.

Welcome to DG from Idaho and me,

Lani

Hello Lani!
Dancing 3 years old girl in the fountain....sounds like cute! and you have a good memory! I have a friend in Taiwan,so I'd like to go there one of these days. Thank you!

I wish we knew what happened to our maid that we had in Taiwan. We lost contact with her in about 1962. She was wonderful to us and we wanted to bring her to the states but the government wouldn't let us.