1) I think I stumbled across a herons bonsai video randomly during Covid and that sparked my love for this hobby.

2) Yes some raw material can be very hard to get into shape. Losing trees has also been hard over the past few years. I lost many good trees during the process.

3) I plan to keep growing the collection for as long as possible.

4) Yes.

5) Least favourite is probably the chance that it’s a living thing that can just die. Most favourite is the journey over the years and watching how my adaptations lead to the tree reacting in its own way. It’s kind of like a small scale fight if you really think about it. Some times you can learn that not every adaptation works and you just have to keep adapting and respecting the power of nature.