Changes II

I’m moving right along and changing the style of some of the trees in my collection.  This buttonwood was purchased from Mary Madison 2 years ago.  Betsy had affectionately named it “The Bird nest” because the trunk went round and round like a bird nest.  It has a nice nebari but I could figure what to do with it.  I took it to one of the Noname Study Group with Mary Madison as the visiting teacher.  She suggested to make it into a full cascade.  So since I’m in the mood to change styles I said why not. 

So it went from this, the day I purchased from Mary:

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To this last summer:

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and finially to this:

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or this, another front:

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I think it’s much more dramatic.  Those last 2 pictures where take over two weeks ago and it’s already growing. It needs alot more refinement but what do you think so far?   Thanks Mary!