When we were checking out this new house, called The Farmhouse here at the Ranch, Ruth asked me about an ugly dead tree that had a rope hanging from it. She asked me specifically why it had a rope in it. I told her that it was a hanging tree...to hang the horse thieves, of course!
The tree obviously needed to come down. It was dead, and a good storm could drop it right into the girls bedroom! It had to go. Immediately Josh saw the beauty in the tree. The tree branches off in three direction, and Josh got all excited about making a coffee table out of the wood...right where it splits. He said that the inner wood has swirls and "fingers" branching out where it split.
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| See the swirls? That is at the base of one of the splits. |
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| See how it splits into three different limbs at the top? |
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| Josh is amazing - to look at AND at making things! =D |
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I didn't come up with the idea of making a blog post about our hanging tree till I was in the basement with him, so I don't have any pictures of the tree, or Josh cutting it into a slab of wood. I AM quite impressed at what Josh comes up with to do with his hands!
This is EXACTLY why we chose this house over the Triplex! Josh has his own wood shop, a work place in which to relax and enjoy himself!
1 comment:
It is awesome to see him getting to do what he loves. We learned years ago when Josh was working with Bob Cutler that the thing about a natural born artist is that when others see a piece of wood they see a piece of art!!! You saw a dead tree, Josh saw a beautiful table!!! God's gift to Joshua and all the rest of us that get to enjoy the beauty of it!!!
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