2 Years On The Dirt

It's amazing what a couple years sitting with one end of a round of California Bay Laurel (myrtle) can do. The first picture is on the same tree at the same area of the trunk that I cut when I first got the wood. The other two pics are of the same wood after the round had been sitting with one end on the dirt for two years. When I first cut this wood I found it so boring that I just left the other round sitting on the dirt. Nature took over and produced this wonderful spalted patterns. I had a few termites near the bottom that were easy to cut off.

The best accidental discovery since penicillin... or maybe stainless steel... or maybe post-it notes. Darned fine effort anyway. Well done
Miguel

Very interesting indeed. How was the integrity of the wood in the spalted areas? Punky? Structurally sound?

This wood is pretty common around where I live. Now I'm going to be looking for old discarded rounds. Thanks for the tip.