Well, maybe I should have never told anyone how beautiful olive wood is – to turn and to look at!  Low and behold I was asked to “prune” some trees in Covas – it seems like butchery when first seen (I will post some photographs of what this pruning looks like).  The result was a whole load of olive to turn green and that has been keeping me very busy this past week – some of it I will leave to dry and some I am turning.  Interestingly the wood is very pale compared to the dry wood.  The centre of the heartwood is already dark, but not nearly as dark as it will be in a few weeks.

Turning a piece of green olive