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Last year i had the opportunity to quarry a large piece of sandstone, this piece stood out amongst the offcuts.
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I set it on the timber sleeper in the garden to mature. A piece broke from the thin end when positioning so it was placed at a small distane to the left. A few days later the dogs crashed thru that part of the garden, breaking a chunk from the right end, it too has been kept as an island. When the garden was redesigned this had to go so I attempted to move as one unit, stone & timber, the cost, a section along the front of the main rock was broken when it fell over. A few extra pieces were broken up & combined to get the present picture. Now all i need is a few decades for the moss & lichen to colonise it :tu:
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Sweet, love the weathered look and the subtle contrasting colours. Oh and rock sitting on it is alright aswell. :D
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Pass that one on to the grand kids Mat :whistle: Nice rock I love sand stone
I think I have taken up the art way too late to benefit the outcome :cry:
Any how There is an old quarry not to far from home that has an ancient sea bed exposed, well I am sure it is I recon I can see the ripples of the waves in the rock/sand stone.To confirm that is an old sea bed I found these Fossils in the same quarry but in a different type of rock, Man what an area because I also found a shell fossil in blue stone in the bank, I can show a pic if your interested....Am I off topic or what lol
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Lovely Fossil Booga :-) Looks lika a living coral
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Post by daiviet_nguyen »

Hi MattA,

A few more decades... how few :) Just make you can still move that piece of sleeper around, it looks heavy.

I picture in my mind a native ficus growing on the sleeper near the rock pieces...

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