This might be hard to watch. 🍁 We’re defoliating this maple as its autumn leaves were already dropping naturally. For bonsai practitioners, this is standard practice. For everyone else, it might feel wrong. The truth: The tree was ready to let go. We hastened the timing to prepare it for a photoshoot - capturing its beautiful winter silhouette for an upcoming project. We’re working with its natural dormancy cycle, not against it. Bonsai care isn’t always pretty, but it’s always purposeful. Some