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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️

@memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social

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Aotearoa based. Mostly bonsai with my coffee is all I seek. Started Bonsai 2020 = new to it. Also into aviation/space/science/geopolitics/wildlife/helpful tech stuff. Bonsai feed https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sw2dek7u74jxlriba65utp4d/feed/aaaiycpqcyp4u

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi new n old followers or anyone that may see my posts.
Please note most my Bonsai are still new or young so I'm kind of sharing the development story from early on.
There are many more advanced out there mine are humble hobby level.
Mostly follow best practices as I understand them. I like forests.

Chamiecyparis pisifera bonsai forest in a dark blue oval pot with moss covered soil surface and rock landscape.

Liquidamber bonsai forests in 3 scales each in dark earth coloured bonsai pots. Moss covers the soil surface of each group. All 3 are shown as a combined forest on a timber deck.

Sequoia bonsai in a dark earth coloured and rectangular bonsai pot.

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 11h

Some time during the Tang dynasty, 'penjing' (盆景), the Chinese tradition of creating miniature landscapes in a tray, arrived in Japan. Here the emphasis moved from creating entire scenes to focusing on individual trees, replicating full-grown specimens on a minute scale.
#Japan #bonsai

A miniature persimmon bonsai, perfect to show off the autumn season.

A deciduous bonsai after shedding its leaves.

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 11h

🌳📏BONSAI BONANZA✂️🤏

Kyōto hosts 2 major exhibitions of bonsai each year at the Miyako Messe: the 'Nihon Bonsai Taikanten' (日本盆栽大観展) in autumn, and the 'Gafūten Shōhin' (小品盆栽雅風展) in January, which focuses on bonsai so small they can be held in the palm of your hand.

#bonsai #盆栽 #Kyoto #autumn

Bonsai featured in the autumn 'Nihon Bonsai Taikanten' exhibition.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6h

When I said we weren't here to be disappointed with Labour but to replace them. I meant it.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 7h

#NZpol

Te wookie o te tangata @chewienz.bsky.social · 8h

SHORT NOTICE CALL TO ARMS FOR DUNEDIN FOLKS

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 8h

I hear Somone Else is migrating to Someplace Else too.

The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 8h

Copper Beech bonsai is waking up and looking fine.
I've been moving it in and out of sun and wind with the messy spring weather. Now, I just hope the new growth hardens up before the next storm.
🌱🇳🇿
#Bonsai

Copper Beech bonsai in a bronze earth coloured oval fluted or lotus design pot with moss covered soil surface.

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Bird and Beach @birdandbeach.bsky.social · 8h

Elisabeth apologises that the new website isn't live yet... she's still working on her task list.

In the meantime, if you want to get your hands on one of our 2026 Calendars, Ryan has thoughtfully listed a few on Felt.

felt.co.nz/shop/birdand...

Montage of samples pages of the Bird and Beach 2026 Calendar. Shown is the front cover (Oriental Bay), back cover (12 thumbnails of landscape illustrations), May (Lake Wakatipu) and December (Rangitoto Island).
All artwork copyright Ryan Nielson.

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 8h

Quite the rework of an impressive blue atlas cedar by Bonsaify.
Some real big calls made in dedication to the original design goals decided 15 years ago.
#Bonsai
🇳🇿🌱

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He Cut the Top Off This Bonsai… and Started Over

YouTube video by Bonsaify

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 9h

I'm always doing bonsai and pics of them but have been particularly looking forward for the last few weeks to the copper beech waking up. Not quite fully awake yet, but still looking majestic. Best $20 tree I've scored for 3 years.

Copper Beech bonsai in a bronze earth coloured oval fluted or lotus design pot with moss covered soil surface. Looking directly overhead to see the foliage shape and colour.

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Sid's Trees @sidpavey.bsky.social · 10h

Chinese Elm #Bonsai

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Oli - ultracrepidarian @olimnz.bsky.social · 11h

Suck on that, Bryce Wilkinson (and Luxon of course).

All that Covid $$$ support, was actually almost fiscally neutral and saved the country.
#nzpol

By boosting economic activity during the pandemic, LSAPs increased government tax revenues," he said. "This higher revenue almost entirely covered the direct losses from LSAPs, leaving consolidated crown debt virtually unchanged over the medium term."

He said RBNZ research showed the programme had also restored financial market confidence, then lowered long-term interest rates, which held down the exchange rate and supported exports.

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 10h

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Stuff
NZ News World News Quizzes
Who do you think should lead National into the next election?
Christopher Luxon 14%
Chris Bishop 28%
Erica Stanford 13%
Nicola Willis 2%
Simeon Brown 3%
Someone else 40%

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 11h

Is this The Foxification of Stuff polls ?

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 11h

"YO MOM" was right there

The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 11h

Coffee of freedom o'clock comrades.
🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲☕️🌳✂️🌲⏰️☕️

Cheers!
National having a self-inflicted crisis of Chrises has lifted the spirits... from the bar to my face.

A coffee mug of blue green colour with black horizontal stripes surrounded by 5 small bonsai that are of similar size to the coffee mug. front Left is liquidamber. Left rear banksia. Middle rear juniper. Right rear Natal ficus. Right front evergreen alder.

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Melanie Newfield @melanienewfield.bsky.social · 12h

It’s a while since I’ve shared any #sciart, so here’s a recent piece to accompany my article on the North Island kōkako. I’ve also included a piece from a year ago when I first started drawing to illustrate my articles.

A head portrait of a grey bird with a curved beak, black mask and blue wattles, with four sketches surrounding the portrait showing the bird in different poses.

A diagram showing the host range of influenza A with very basic drawings of a duck, horse, human, pig and chicken. Plus influenza B with just a human coughing.

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 12h

National party spin right now:
So we're just at our Chrisorless stage for now and will transform ourselves into a flying poonicorn as a Chrismess present for the country by end of calendar year 2025.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 13h

Come vote for "Someone else" with me to mess up Bishop's numbers! #NZPol

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Chris Bishop received the highest percentage of votes with 38%.
Erica Stanford and Christopher Luxon followed with 18% and 17% respectively.
"Someone else" received 21% of the votes, which is the second-highest result.
Nicola Willis and Simeon Brown each received 3% of the votes.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13h

This seems like a job for somebody on here

Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com · 13h

Assistant Editor, Manga at Penguin Random House

Full-time | Remote (Anywhere)

comics-jobs.com

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 13h

Also still thinking of a Playlist to suit the approaching solem moment...hope I've time to ponder
bsky.app/profile/memy...

The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 1d

Like "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" What song should be a hit after the CoC extraction 2026?

There could be a little blip of a hit in November 2025 when luxflakes gets his benefits and quits...so also what hit for the quit?

I'm still pondering but you go right ahead.
#NZpol 🇳🇿

a man in a suit and white shirt is saying i 'll take my talents elsewhere

Alt: a man in a suit and white shirt is saying i 'll take my talents elsewhere

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 13h

Where's that 12 butter chickens tweet from years ago when you need it?

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 13h

Will listen to this toe topper with coffee while we wait and see
youtu.be/h2eKImKZviw?...

MUSE - Pressure [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by Muse

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 17h

Whoa serious set up. Yes thanks for looking after the warm weather and growth...we Southern Hemispherians will take it from here.
Best of luck and rest for your sleepy bonsai.

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Magenta Kaos of Bright Hairy News @xkaosmagex.bsky.social · 17h

You've heard of the goodnight kiwi, but have you experienced the goodnight Nala.

If not tune into #BHN for your chance to see a cute sleepy croissant 💗

@patbrittenden.bsky.social this was from @cybogoblin.bsky.social on our discord

An image of the goodnight kiwi sitting in a satellite dish with stars in the background. Where the kiwi is usually sleeping has an image of Nala (a golden and white border Collie cross) superimposed. It looks like the dish is here dog bed.

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The Broke Bonsai Bloke me my coffee & bonsai🇳🇿🌳✂️🌲☕️ @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social · 17h

Yeah for sure me and/or much of the country has accepted this as all part of the other parties that have had big bad issues, yet they still go on. So it should or I should & now do accept it all as part of TPMs story or growth.