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PIPPY


pippy yew


yew veneer --- the sparse occurance of the "measles" is common


oak veneer --- this is a sparse "pippy" burl; the next 3 pics show more dense pippy oak burl


pippy oak --- the burl that the English call "pippy oak"


elm


pippy Robertwood ... no, wait, this isn't wood, it's my son Robert years ago when he had one of the most amazing cases of measles I've ever seen. The closest this comes to a picture of wood is that I ocassionally called him blockhead, which got harder as he got older and it became apparent that he's at least as smart as I am (smarter if you ask him).

Why is this picture here? Well, I love wood, but it IS possible to get too serious about it, so lighten up !