Patterns in rotting wood
Mark tells me that his head
is full of useless bits of trivia from his TV-watching days --- like
the plotlines of Gilligan's Island episodes. My head is instead
full of a different kind of useless trivia. Like how rotting
box-elder turns pink with delicate black lines but rotting walnut turns
turquoise....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Well-cured poplar boards often have streaks of a lovely green in them. Cedar heartwood is an amazing color. As is black walnut. But my favorite is curly maple.
Thanks, Sheila! I'm so glad you enjoyed the photo!
And, Daddy --- you'll have to take a look at Sycamore. I saw some sycamore boards at ASD's office in Abingdon, and they blew me away. The grain wasn't straight, but curly and intricate.
Thanks, Maggie, too. I didn't aim for poetry, but am thrilled you found it poetic.