Beginner Gardening: Driftwood, 1 by willowwind

willowwind wrote:
It must have been the day for tree adventures Stormy. After church we went out to the old cottonwood I'd seen the other day and tromped around taking pictures and picking up interesting pieces of wood. I found several to lay along the edges of flower beds I think. I'll have to get them cleaned up a little and have a better look.

What an absolutely great exploration you must have had with that old mansion. It's fascinating to hear the history that goes with it. The painting of it in earlier days really shows the grandeur you can still probably feel when around it. Those trees are enormous...much bigger than mine, but for Kansas this one is quite huge. It surprized us as we first drove past to see the east side of it completely hollowed out. It's probably still 40' -50' tall, and still full of buds up in the top, but has at least a 3' diameter hole in the base that goes to the ground. A bear could live in there except we don't have them in Kansas. My granddaughters thought it was fun to pose in, though the oldest was a little worried about what might come out of it. The 3 yr. old, shown below wasn't worried a bit.

Holly, your driftwood and ceramics are beautiful together, and that painting will look wonderful with that framing. Be sure you post pictures when it's done. Isn't it amazing what the Lord leaves around right at our fingertips if we just take time to see the beauty!

Willow