Just one? Now that is hard to pick just one!
I would have to say my favorite is my
grandfather's petrified tree stump!
Black & white petrified stump with special
rock ball in the middle, more on that strange
ball another time.
Full photo of both stones has a tape
measure laying by it is set to 24 inches.
Close up with tape measure of the texture.
Maybe the type of tree can be recognized?
There is a dime, 10ยข cents on
these two photos for scale. Can you see it?
You can almost see the micro climbers
on this rock face! ๐
This petrified tree stump is from California
My grandfather found it many moons ago.
He was a logger back in the 1930's and
found this stump in a ravine. He hefted it
out of some canyon and into his truck.
This stump is very heavy, I'd say at least 200
pounds. I know what a sack or bale of feed
weighs and this rock takes the two of us to
pick it up and load it into a truck.
Might need some block and tackle to move
it again! lol
The black center is from years of having
water in the indentation. It use to sit outside
for the birds and other critters to drink out of.
It also doubled as a splash guard for rain
coming off the roof in CA.
Plus pet hairs! :-)
Now this stump has been around!
First in its living days along the coastal
mountains of California, not sure what
kind of tree it is.
Perhaps I need to ask Hive account@mountainwashere
on his next Nature Identification Thread!
It could be a oak or a redwood or?
When my grandfather passed away my mom
moved his rocks to her home, 50 or so miles
away from her parents home.
Many years later when my parents passed I
moved those rocks 3300 miles away.
All the way to Alaska.
Now that is a story in it's self!
Loki said these are her lookout stones!
She perches on them to critter watch.
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