Bart Thomas(deceased)

Thanks for the kind words.

I hope that I can convey how much fun I'm having with this!

Cutting off that big branch (right hand, close to base. Cut with saw, close to trunk) was a real test of guts to me (well at least regarding bonsai).

However, we concluded that it didn't help the tree, and was so thick that a short jin would look ridiculous. (It would have looked like the pengiun Opus with his cosmetically reduced bill.)