Autos of beauty
So for today:
I felt good this morning, Temps in the 50’s just a little muddy in
the picnic area, but I started a good fire. I have been playing at splitting
firewood. Dar, who knows a LOT about splitting asked what kind I was splitting.
So I have split dogwood, oak and poplar. It all splits easy if there
are no KNOTs or limb arms. It is a good exercise and not too demanding. If the splitter gets stuck I use the sledge
to urge the split. Today it was easy, mostly poplar from last year’s dead fall.
I love being outside playing, I think it is good for me. I just wanted to show you what I discovered on my 5th split. I spotted a ‘green’ heart.
The closer I looked I was
amazed at the detail I was seeing.
Some areas looked like modern art expressions.
When painting or drawing in school, I loved outlining in black
for emphasis. Here Nature has outlined some colors in black.
Do yo9u see a lizard likeness lying just below the green?
Anyway I just wanted you to see it. In pictures of course there
is not the impact at holding and looking at nature’s art.
(This is a cross section to show all the different colors, try to picture all these pieces are almost flat.)
Since a child, the woods and nature have called me. I love it’s
song and stories.
NiteShipslog
+018.jpg)
+040aa_edited-1.jpg)
7 comments:
I never will look at a log or wood the same way again!
Your photos have amazing clarity, just fascinating! I've split wood before back in the day...don't recall ever seeing patterns that distinct. Wonderful that you're doing well healthwise, Hugs to all y'all from Chobee
We heat with wood and with Jack recouping I've done my fair share of wood splitting this year! I also have noticed the beauty that lies deep in the wood as well as the beauty of the heat we get from it! I love our wood splitter but the boys have been here to help lift those logs! I would love a 50de day and hopefully will see one perhaps in March...please Mother Nature??
A 50 degree day sounds wonderful and I agree nature is amazing. Hopefully soon we'll be out of the deep freeze here. Right now it is 23 degrees here, but thankfully the sun is shinning.
Yesssss, I see the lizard! That's so neat!
You're right about the modern art look. I can visualize those photos enlarged and hanging on the walls of some upscale medical clinic or law firm!
As a boy I helped Dad put in 20 cord of wood, we cut, split and stacked it, some firewood we bought and we also Burned Coal, Dad would buy several Tons a winter. Our Kalamazoo Furnace burned both Coal and Wood ! In School in the 50's we burned wood in a round Oak stove in the Center of the school ! I like listening to Cedar burn as it snaps and Crackles !
Wood is beautiful! I like the variety of textures and subtle colors. That green is most unusual. Keep on splittin'!!
Post a Comment