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When i taught and lived in Elk Grove many years ago when Geo. was one of my students, I had cords of wood like this that gradually diminished each year like the see here. The words and image bring all of that back to me. Thanks!
It's Eucalyptis, Annie B. The strange heart-wood pattern came from how it grew off a stump for thirty years --really just a forty-foot-tall sucker. I'll have to cut it again when I'm 91.
When i taught and lived in Elk Grove many years ago when Geo. was one of my students, I had cords of wood like this that gradually diminished each year like the see here. The words and image bring all of that back to me. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHey Geo, What kind of woood is that in the picture? Bay, Buckeye?
ReplyDeleteIt's Eucalyptis, Annie B. The strange heart-wood pattern came from how it grew off a stump for thirty years --really just a forty-foot-tall sucker. I'll have to cut it again when I'm 91.
ReplyDeleteIt looks beautiful. I hope you don't mind if I plug you on fb too...
ReplyDeleteOkey dokey.
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