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That is an amazing root, I can see all sorts in it.

Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Luckily, that sapling was in sandy soil and not too difficult to dig up the long tap root.
The finish is a hand-rubbed tung oil polyurethane varnish.

-- 温故知新