There might be a tree here.
Underneath the leaves, somewhere.
Maybe.
But I do believe it’s time for the scissor.
Let’s see what’s underneath.
Ah, I see a trunk.
We might have a bonsai here, instead of a bush. Not that a bush is bad…..
There are even some branches.
Yup. Uh huh.
Movement too.
Sometimes I feel like a sculptor with a hammer and chisel, chopping out the superfluous. Like here. Three branches from one spot.
That’s the easy first step, cut out one.
I love these challenges. I’m going to do the work as I usually do it, branch by branch.
First, I get rid of these….
….singularly, they’re called “syconium”, more than one are called “synconia”. Latin is weird sometimes. I was called out once about the plurality or singularity of the word. Bonsai people are funny.
This tree is a ficus microcarpa “green island”. A ficus…
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