Dying trees produce some of the most amazing grains patterns! A buddy of mine used to scour the countryside and ask land owners if he could buy and cut down a particular tree and bury it on the property for threes years just to bring on rot. He was an artist in woodworking. Never paid fer a tree... when they saw his work they were happy to let him do it for free. Some of his pieces sold for a whack of money... lots of customers in Japan.

Burn em if ya want but geeeee whiz ehhhh!