The Pacific Northwest Viewing Stone Club, a study group within the Puget Sound Bonsai Association, staged their thirteenth exhibition of viewing stones at the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, Washington, November 1-8, 2023. 

The 34th California Aiseki-kai exhibition continued its longstanding reputation December 26-30, 2023, of being the finest display of North American viewing stones held in the U.S. 

By many accounts, Melba L. Tucker (1917-1996), was an extraordinary individual who passionately pursued and promoted the arts of bonsai, saikei, suiseki, and viewing stones. 

In recent years, stone collectors have found Yellow-wax stones in the Garnet Hill area near Palm Springs in southern California. 

The relationship between viewing stones and bonsai is often considered as close as the two wheels of a bicycle, both having the power to deepen our appreciation of the natural world.

This display features viewing stones primarily from southern California collected by its members.