Another bald cypress from the batch I planted in August 2021. This one went through a few design ideas. For a while, I didn’t find it very inspiring. Eventually I realized why—the apex was pushing hard to the right, while the rest of the structure wanted to move left. The tree was arguing with itself. I needed those two parts to start talking to each other in a way that felt honest. A design that suggested wind, water, time—elements shaping a tree in a natural setting. So I committed to a leftwa