Even with a small punch you can make a big show...

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Even with a small punch you can make a big show...
said a Czech tennis player Barbora Strýcova asked about her feeling after the Czech ladies  have won  FED Cup  match against France.   Barbora is a great lady, very active and straightforward, who can match any sailor in the world when it comes to the use of  language.   In this specific conversation she has used a phrase that  expresses a fact that even a man with a small  penis can  make a big performance.    That was exactly the case in that match.  Barbara with her 164 cm of height looks very small in the world of ladies over 180 cm.   But her performance on the FED Cup was really great. I do believe that she has made the decisive turn around in the match and destroyed  the hopes of the French team to win the Cup.  I do admire the French ladies for their endeavor  and skills,  but I am very happy that the Czech team could make it. AGAIN.  A hat-trick in fact and the fifth win in last six FEDCups.

The title of this post could as well apply to the small trees in my backyard.  It seems I am getting more and more addicted by all the challenges they present and the beauty and joy  they bring...

An update on one of my little hornbeams ...

Height: 17 cm
Training pot


It needs to comb a bit but this can wait till the early spring.

Front Nov 2016
Yamadori Hornbeam Bonsai
Front. The middle top section - I hope to get some new shoots here to fill the space there

Yamadori Hornbeam Bonsai
Right


Yamadori Hornbeam Bonsai
Back of the tree. The raised root needs some work
 Left
Yamadori Hornbeam Bonsai
Left side



First post showing this tree in the autumn colours  here

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