Mastered a tricky herringbone pattern after watching old tutorials

Years ago, I saw a guy do it without any guides. Now I can teach it to my apprentice with confidence.

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Wow, it's crazy how we don't really see the value of something until it's just gone, you know? Happens with way more than just trees.

max_brown3mo ago

Come on, it's just wood. Plenty of people do it without making a whole thing about it.

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alice_bailey623mo ago

Actually, @max_brown, I used to feel the exact same way about it just being wood. Changed my mind after watching them take down the big old oak in my grandma's yard last year. That tree was older than her house, home to so many birds and squirrels. Seeing it just gone, a flat empty spot in the ground... it hit different. Makes you realize it's a whole living thing, not just material. So now I get why people make a thing about it.

the_margaret3mo ago

My neighbor had a huge silver maple that must have been eighty years old come down in a storm last spring. The whole street felt wrong for months after, just this weird open space where the shade and bird noise used to be. Even the crows seemed pissed off and stopped coming around. The city planted a new little tree there, but it's like putting a goldfish where a whale used to live.