again. Spokane's four hard seasons test every surface in ways Southlake's temperate sprawl never demands, yet the golden brown heartwood threaded with grey to nearly black veins holds its ground here with the same quiet authority—darkening with age into tones that deepen alongside the city's own patina of basalt and brick. What changes is the context: where Southlake called for limba in sun-washed contemporary builds, Spokane's craftsmen set it into heavier architectural frameworks, using the dramatic streaking to break the visual weight of timber-and-stone interiors built to endure long winters. The sapwood's pale greyish-to-yellowish-brown transition, never sharply demarcated from the figured heartwood, becomes an asset here, letting panels carry a broader tonal range across wide installations without appearing pieced together. That same seamless gradation will matter even more as the veneer moves toward Spring Lake, where the scale shifts again and the demands on continuity grow still more precise.