Pick the front of this western juniper!

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Here is what I am kinda thinking...
I did remove some of your bottom left jin, which I felt was a little to intrusive into the placement of the branching on the left side. with this virt, I did not bring the branching down on the left, which could be done. I left your top leader for the most part as is... added some more foliage on the right side. added a tuff of foliage right in the center of the trunk to brake up the continuation of the trunk as previously mentioned... I see you do have some foliage above, so at a future time perhaps a branch could be brought down into this area? Lastly there is a section right smack dab in the center of your trunk that I feel could really use a little hollowing out... not obviously a hole all the way through, but a recess the mimics the recess directly above and helps break up the straightness of the trunk, giving a swoop to the left.

I guess Sawgrass has checked out. I’m sorry about that because I’d like him to see how close the tree has come to the virt he drew a few years ago. Really remarkable.

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Looking real good! Can't wait to see the refined image in January.

FWIW, sawgrass was recently posting under one of his apparently dozens of account names..."brush_painter" I think...so he might eventually see your comment. It looks like that account has been shut down, though.
 

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Getting ready for show.
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The tree looks good, but has gotten untidy. Some of the wires are curing in and need to be removed. Live vein and deadwood needs to be cleaned and the treee needs to be detail wired, mossed and the pot needs to be cleaned.

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How to clean the pot? It’s easy. First, wet a rag with water and thoroughly clean the dirt and debris from the outside of the pot.

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Next you’ll need an old sock and some walnuts.

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And a hammer of course. In order to pound your nuts.
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This releases a bunch of walnut oil into the sock. Then gently rub the nut sock over the outside of the pot. When you’re done, wipe down with a clean towel.
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You should end up with a nice sheen that’s not oily. Like this
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