Anybody care to quess as to what the attached picuture might be?
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What is it?
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A zen garden on the moon.
Comprised of:
cross-sections of trees.
fungal growth.
and dead birds.
Comprised of:
cross-sections of trees.
fungal growth.
and dead birds.
maybe it's a...
A reaaallllly old Mickey Mouse club hat?
A reaaallllly old Mickey Mouse club hat?
Looks like a stump with funny little pieces of bark left on! (Please don't tell me that is some sort of art exhibit).
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pencheff said:
Easy on that.
Firewood unstack, badly overenlarged. Couple of round ends visible, crossed with what looks like a quartered piece.
Some really crusty old pancakes glued to a rock, with a little salt thrown on them for grins??? :cool2:
OK
I said it looks like a sundial with a bottle print in the middle and when the shadow covers the center or get close anyway its time to have one.
on the other hand the fellow standing next to me said it looks like a stump with some type of fungis growing where the tree is not anymore
do we get to know what it is????????
ken
I said it looks like a sundial with a bottle print in the middle and when the shadow covers the center or get close anyway its time to have one.
on the other hand the fellow standing next to me said it looks like a stump with some type of fungis growing where the tree is not anymore
do we get to know what it is????????
ken
A wooden meteorite impact? 😉
Seriously, it looks like a firepit that someone lined with the trimmed ends of really big christmas trees... Then stood inside it to flatten it out, and then took a picture to get small minds to make comments on... 😀
Is it working? 😛
Seriously, it looks like a firepit that someone lined with the trimmed ends of really big christmas trees... Then stood inside it to flatten it out, and then took a picture to get small minds to make comments on... 😀
Is it working? 😛
Wait....
... I got it now. It's "Woodhenge"
... I got it now. It's "Woodhenge"
A tree barnacle? 😕
The guy standing beside me said the same thing about fungus growing around a non existant tree... Weird.. 🙄
The guy standing beside me said the same thing about fungus growing around a non existant tree... Weird.. 🙄
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The "spider hole" where they found Saddam Hussein hiding?
Bill
Bill
Some old oatmeal cookies which have been baking in the dirt for the past 6 months, surrounding an old frying pan?
I wonder why my answers are all about food..... 😕
I wonder why my answers are all about food..... 😕
It definitely is some sort of stump, but what is the point of this??? Are we supposed to guess the wood type???
Answer to "What is it?"
Well, everyone certainly is creative, but no cigar.
The picture is of a black walnut stump. The tree was recently harvested by a logger with more than 40 years behind a chainsaw. To avoid splitting the tree as it fell, the logger first made vertical cuts around the butt at each flare, essentially making the tree cylindrical at its base. Thus, you see the vertical sections standing around the stump. That done, he then made the horizontal felling cut by pushing the saw into the tree at ground level.
Black walnut, especially top grade, straight grained trees have a tendency to split as they are being felled. With a tree worth upwards of $3000, splitting the butt log can really give you heartburn.
Nothing in the picture gives you any scale, but the stump is just short of 48 inches in diameter. I have turned plates and platters from the vertical flare sections.
Well, everyone certainly is creative, but no cigar.
The picture is of a black walnut stump. The tree was recently harvested by a logger with more than 40 years behind a chainsaw. To avoid splitting the tree as it fell, the logger first made vertical cuts around the butt at each flare, essentially making the tree cylindrical at its base. Thus, you see the vertical sections standing around the stump. That done, he then made the horizontal felling cut by pushing the saw into the tree at ground level.
Black walnut, especially top grade, straight grained trees have a tendency to split as they are being felled. With a tree worth upwards of $3000, splitting the butt log can really give you heartburn.
Nothing in the picture gives you any scale, but the stump is just short of 48 inches in diameter. I have turned plates and platters from the vertical flare sections.
So the wood is really that color at the base? Or is there a lot of dirt on the stump? It looks burnt. You could tell there was bark on the vertical sections, but couldn't tell what the heck was inside...
Answer to "What is it"?
Yes Underdog the color is close. Shades of purples, browns, and deep reds. There is some chainsaw dust on the inside.
Some of these stumps are on a river bar. Once in awhile a stump, sometimes a tree, will wash out. I'm promised a walnut stump next time it happens.
Pray for rain!!!
Yes Underdog the color is close. Shades of purples, browns, and deep reds. There is some chainsaw dust on the inside.
Some of these stumps are on a river bar. Once in awhile a stump, sometimes a tree, will wash out. I'm promised a walnut stump next time it happens.
Pray for rain!!!
A spent firecracker!