The trees in the boulevard in our neighborhood are mostly Bradford Pear. Anyone familiar with these trees knows how weak they are and how poorly they stand up to storms.

One of these directly in front our house succomed to a storm this summer and a tree service came and cut it down. I was home when they started their work and asked if I could have a couple pieces of the trunk. They were more than happy, and left me with these:

I processed, rough turned a few bowsl, and set them aside to dry.

Now, five months later, the first of the batch was ready to turn (the smallest one). Wow, does it turn nice and easy. There’s one TINY crack in it, but it did make a good looking bowl.

I’m looking forward to the other pieces getting dry enough to finish this winter.