WARREN HILL JAPANESE MAPLE CLUMP

[BartelBe]

And I would agree with you Judy. If you refer back to the 2017 pic the left trunk was supposed to be the tallest. When I sold the tree, the new owner thought it was a great idea to cut off my graft and instead use a back branch to continue the trunk line resulting in a huge scar facing the front SMH!! He got out of bonsai and not a moment too soon as I believe he would have destroyed this tree.

So... my hope is to get that trunk to be the tallest. It will take a while but if not I think I may be ok with it as well.

Whithout a thorough read of the whole thread, judging on the visuals, I had that distinct feeling of "sorry guys, but I'm not fond of it". Being a learner, rather lacking all the good experience, it gave me the sentiment that I have a loooong way to go. This is such a reassuring answer to that missing link feeling I had all along. Perhaps there is still hope for me.