Last week I went to visit George and the bunnies. George is a pig by the way, a big one and I'm going to feature him in one of my upcoming blogs, along with the bunnies.
I saw a pile of wood in the front yard and could not resist temptation. Some of you may remember, that I have an addiction to wood and I'm always taking a bunch of photos when I see cut wood. Those surfaces of cut wood is very attractive to me, I could spend hours looking at those. My plan is to try to draw a few one day, when I'll have a few hours to spare and actually accept that those few hours may be completely wasted as I have no talent.
There was a huge pile of wood in the shed and another huge pile in the middle of the yard and the beauty of it was that the two piles were very different. The pieces in the shed were smaller and round, while the ones in the middle of the yard were bigger, which makes them very different.
After I had a quick look at the whole pile, I spotted this one. Looking at how damaged the inside of the wood is, I can understand why it was cut out. In this state, a tree becomes a danger to the surrounding and it's best to eliminate it, before falling down. It is interesting though, how the inside is of different density. I would love to know what has cause that damage.
This was a sloppy cut, I suppose the guys did not know I will be taking photos, so the surface is not the nicest, but even so you can see how uneven the growth has happened. the rings are more thick on one side and slimmer on the other side. I suppose the thin one has been towards north, but this is just my theory. This peace was quite dry, therefore the cracks.
I think the word of the day would be uneven and this is another piece to support that choice. If someone could explain to me why those dark brown rings are not the same on both sides, I would be glad. Maybe it would be time to try to find answers to my question. Google is my friend and would be possible to find what I'm looking for.
I suppose mother nature is not perfect either, or I should not look fr perfection where there isn't any.
Where there's old wood, there's lichen as well. Nice, yellow lichen.
This was broken and even more interesting. Because you can't see the rings in their whole, the eye focuses on the cutting. I find it interesting.
This was the other pile of wood.
These were bigger pieces and look at how different this is from the previous ones. It's like a map :)
Here's the exception from the rule. There are no rings here. Actually I haven't seen such a piece till now. I suppose it must have been affected by some illness as this is not healthy.
My biggest regret is not being able to see this piece in its original state. It was broken or cracked and could only see this much of it but would have been nice to see how many centers this piece had. It must have been an old tree.
Last, but not least, a double one. The small one must have grown later, as a side branch.
I really need to look into these things as the more photos I take, the more interested I become.
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