Do all pine trees have cones?

I went out to take a picture of the different pinecones of my two trees in the front.

This is the pine cones from the Scotch pine which Dad doesn't like to

pick up in the spring after a wind storm.

Then I went to get a picture of the pine cones on the White Pine,

Idaho's state tree by the way, and guess what?  No pinecones.

I never knew that before.  We are not supposed to be able to grow

this pine tree in this cold of a climate, but has been doing well for many years.

Guess we give it lots of love.

Tuesday Aug. 9---Flower power

Some of my flowers are still blooming and showing off.  This cosmos is pretty

and should reseed itself and come back next year. 

I used to have some by the front porch and always liked them.

I don't know the name of this delicate flower.

It is a tough one as it has bloomed for years and years.

Guess it is a little like some people, they seem delicate, but seem to hang in there.

My rose bush in front is winding down a little, but I think it will still make a

show for us before winter comes.   It is very hardy and I love it.

I probably get more comments about this and my lilacs than any other flowers

in my yard.  They are both tough.

Tuesday August 9th. Salsa day.

Monday I started making salsa and finished it the next day.

I never know how it tastes as my taste buds don't work too well.

It is a lot of chopping.

Notice a difference?

Notice a difference in berries?

One of them is of sour cherries I picked at Morgan's this morning.

When I started cleaning them, I found out they were not good,

and when I found the first worm they all ended up thrown away.

All that work for nothing.

I made 2 batches of raspberry jam, one batch of peach/plum

jam and froze 3 bottle ready to make jam next winter.

The raspberries have been great this year.

Notice any difference in berries?

Notice the difference?  I have one bucket of sour cherries.

I was going to make a pie, but when I started to clean them I found out they were

not good, so I threw they away.  I picked them this morning from

Debbie Morgan's tree, but they must not have sprayed

them this year and they were little.

When I ran onto a worm, I threw them away.

Time to prepare another R S lesson. Sunday Aug. 7

I thought they would have replaced me with another teacher by now but

so far they haven't released me yet so I guess I teach a lesson next week.

It is on families and I guess we have had a lot of family get togethers

this summer which is great.

New pictures on the fridge

New pictures on the fridge.

Come and see if you are up there.