I missed the Amherst Garden Tour and a chance to see Carol’s (Terra Nova Design) gardens. She posted Garden Tour - Yeah! today. It reminded me that I have something saved for her. But first I’ll show you a couple of other finds that I’ve been meaning to show off.
First is the slab I’ve been meaning to cut for a table top. I only hesitate to do so because I’m afraid to break it. Then I need a base. It will have to be better than an old stump.
I like this base. It’s a section of a Cedar tree that I’ve had for a long time now. But it’s far too small for that big slab.
We can’t decide how to use this. It makes a great little table or a stool. More often than not I sit on it since it’s normally placed in the shade garden where there are no chairs.
Now I better remember to put it back before my wife gets home and asks me why I left it in the middle of her lawn.
I cut this Cedar base last year. The tree had to go according to my youngest daughter. It was in the way of her satellite dish. This year I stripped the bark and made a rough cut for a new base. I want to shorten it but my better half likes it tall. There’ll be no using this as a stool since it’s far to tall too sit on.
I also need to make a top for it. Those with sharp eyes can see I borrowed the top of the small one.
With close to 10 acres of Cedar trees I think I can find more trees that will make good bases. But these two samples where ‘pruned’ years ago and the remaining limbs grew into multiple trunks. I’m hoping nature did some ‘pruning’ in the Cedar woods. I hate to cut down a living tree but I’ll take it as a sign to do so if I find nature has smitten any of the trees.
One in a million rock.
Maybe even more. I’ve seen plenty of rocks but never any that looked like this. (I’ve linked the image to a larger one for a closer look)
Note how the ‘Almond’ pierces and passes right thru the pegmatite (at least I think it’s pegmatite)
I was once offered 400 bucks for it but it was a once in a lifetime find and didn’t have the heart to let it go. Besides I figure it’s worth more. All I have to do is find someone dumb enough to triple the price before I let it go. I’ll ship it for free 
Don’t ask me how this rock got so holy. I found it in the river the other day while fishing. But something tells me water was involved
And now back where I started. I pulled out a rock to bring to Carol and it’s still sitting in the yard. I thought it would make a nice addition to her garden pond. I was going to surprise her at the garden tour. Now it won’t be a surprise.
Ain’t I mean? I let the cat out of the bag and now she has to wait.
