My "If Only" Juniper Yamadori

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Last year on the last day of submissions of the Fall Box Store Challenge entries I took a detour and collected some material via Craigslist. I know, not the right time of year to be collecting Junipers but if I didn't, someone else would. When I arrived, there was a dude ripping some of them out with a rope being pulled by his truck. I just shook my head, grabbed my shovel and started digging. I ended up with four; two are still alive and two died. This one lasted until just a few months ago. I pulled it out of the pot last week to dry out and maybe use it for a Tanuki. What I found was a pretty decent trunk buried under the soil. Hence, my "If Only" Juniper (The pot is in front of the trunk so it's quite a bit bigger than it looks)