My house was built in 1930. The framing lumber has the nicest color and tightest grain I have ever see for pine. The wood turned almost beer bottle brown but when polyurethaned its the most beautiful color. The 2x4 is almost 100 years old and probly came from a 100-200 year old tree.
A lot of my framing wood is walnut. Some ash in the barn (where there's still bark on some to identify it.) You'd about break your wrist trying to drive a nail into some of it. Fascinating, some of the things they used back then.
Haven't been to Flint in years - I remember it having a lot of really old, cool houses.
You cant tell by looking at them whats going to happen when you cut them. I can look up one, walk around it multiple times, think Ive got it read right, and it STILL do something crazy!
There is 1 tiny section of that left. Everything else is burnt out and destroyed.
Interesting!
It was the tightest grained wood I ever seen. It was that dark color when I uncovered it just cleaned with a wet cloth and put clear gloss poly on it the circular saw and chop saw struggled to cut it.
How interesting. The Green Man. I use the ancient American circle for my spirit path. GREEN is the color of the SOUTH direction. It's the Direction of LIFE and Growth. I LOVE our traditional spirit path. I understand and respect many paths but as they say. You can't get the Indian out of the Indian. I was 69 when I realized I was getting to old to climb trees and stopped swimming in cold lakes and streams. Finally installed an inside bathroom and Hot water. I guess im finally getting domesticated. I remember when I got running water. I bathed outside every day. Lived in a 22 foot Teepee. One winter day I was breaking ice out of my rubber hose and the hose broke. It was cold and freezing rain. Got the water flowing, bathed, washed my long hair came inside to a roaring fire and dried off. Put my hair in a braid and dressed. My redhead girlfriend had spent the night. She said, you should put an inside bathroom in. By then Id built my cabin. To please her I spent days installing a bathroom complete with a shower. When she came to see me a week later I was proud of my accomplishments. She looked into the new shower and there was a blue poly tarp around the bathtub. She looked shocked, YOU call THAT a shower? I replied. It works. Give it a try. I had no TV and no fridge. Id bought an ice chest and had food. She glanced about the room and asked, Why do you have an outboard boat motor sitting in your house? Well , I replied, that's to keep the Foot from freezing and busting, never know if they have water in them. She shook her head in dismay. Ha. Ha. We had a hot time though until she chose a man who had a better looking house. The blue poly tarp still hangs around the bath tub. The ole Wood heater sits in the living room and a friend gave me a big fridge so when she drops by she can have cold beverages. I'm very happy. I enjoyed my younger days and sometimes miss that lovely redhead but by now I suspect her SELL BY DATE has been expired a long time ago. Boy, What a great life I've had / still having. I'd not change a thing. It's ALL GOOD. Probably will be better next go around. My soul wil trave from South to North the direction of the color Red. I call it traveling "The red road" . No HELL awaits me. No fear of passing. Yes I kinda wandered off thread a bit. Lo siento. Be blessed.
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