Scary Kerry Swamp

I MADE THIS!   A couple of years ago, I retrieved a very long and heavy piece of lumber driftwood from the drainage canal behind my house . the canal is 15' across at the waterline. The banks are about 12' at a 45 degree angle. It took me a couple hours to get it out of the canal and pull it up the bank.  It's waterlogged weight was 450-500 lbs. It took me another couple hours to put it on level bricks, on the patio area that got good sun. I decided that It would become my new  shelf-Plank. T he distress and occasional hole in this 3" thick plank , leads me to project that this plank had been roaming around the waters for 2 to 5 years before I grabbed it. The worn ends, the distressed underside,  and especially the random holes through 3" of a creosote  plank!...   shelf-Plank   11" x 2&1/8" x 11' When the  shelf-Plank  started drying, I could see that it was very old creosote. I let it dry in the sun all summer. Rain so

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