I took a walk in the park near my home, hoping for signs of spring.
I’m not sure what this is a sign of…
Creativity?
Pondering Pine Cones
Spokalulu
It might just be a lu-lu of an adventure!
I took a walk in the park near my home, hoping for signs of spring.
I’m not sure what this is a sign of…
Creativity?
Spokalulu 
Do you have woodpeckers around? If so, this could be the result of their efforts to get to the seeds inside the cones. Years ago, I came across a place in the middle of nowhere where a woodpecker had used a short stump as hold-it for any number of pine cones over a long time. I’ll try and find that picture, but since I have no system in my saved pictures – it may take some time… At least I know which year it was, so that’ll narrow down the search somewhat!
Looks like someone using the missing bark and cones as art work
That’s so crazy! Stuck to the trunk like that, huh? With sap?
This is a Ponderosa pine tree so there are deep gaps between sections of the bark. I’m fairly certain a young person (or people) gathered cones from the vicinity and just sort of jammed them into the gaps. Fun bit of trivia: if you stick your nose into a deep gap in the bark and take a deep sniff, you might smell something akin to butterscotch!