I ran across this stump the other day while trudging around the woods behind our cabin. I stopped for a short time to look it over and it occurred to me that I was one of the few people on the planet who would ever see it. I wondered how long it took for this stump to reach it's current state of mossiness.--I'm guessing 20 years or more. I'm also guessing that in it's former life it supported a mighty white oak tree for perhaps somewhere between 80 and 100 years or so. Now it's just a little jewel of the Ozarks, to be enjoyed from time to time by the few passers-by who might take time to notice. I consider myself one of the fortunate few.
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