Friday Photo: 4/27/12

Cross-sections of 4x8 logs create a fascinating hardwood floor

The floor of the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum captivates the eye. Cross-sawn parquet tiles capture the wood grain from an unexpected angle—seeing the growth rings gives us a sense of the hardships the trees endured before becoming part of the floor.

Makes sense. Country music is all about experience, regret, and memory.

Hardwood floor in the Rotunda of the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Nashville, Tennessee—4 June 2008

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