First, some maintenance from early December:
And here’s a shot in the photo-booth in late December:
Hey, this is an archive. Let’s crack out the Way-back Machine and compare to past-tree.
Over five years, there’s notable thickening of the trunk, and development of bark (along with some wiring-induced scarring). The leaf pads are more compact, although not much denser. I can’t tell at the moment whether the roots have improved. All in all, I’m happy with this progress.