Fond Memories

Warning: This post has got nothing to do with food. Skip this if u are looking for something edible :)



Guess what is this? No, this is definitely not edible...


and it is not some exotic fruits either...



yes, it's a pine cone!! It's the huge, long one at the background of this photo, which is actually more than 30cm in length!


I didn't do any baking today...and took the time to do some 'area' cleaning instead. I gave these three pine cones a good 'shower' and left them to dry under the morning sun. This is the first time I have given them a proper shower...not sure whether I will do any damage to them??

Since I wasn't doing much(I seems to have plenty of time if I am not baking!)...I decided to take some photos of these cones and played around with the editing tool which I recently discovered in the flickr site. I love how the photos turned out after adding in the border and the text. It certainly brings some 'life' to an otherwise boring photo. It helps to cover up the not too good lighting conditions too! You will probably notice that the right side of all my photos tend to be brighter than the left...as I could only rely on the natural lights coming from the windows on my right :'(




I remember collecting these pine cones with my elder boy, many years ago...he was only 2 years old then. That was a xmas eve morning in the year 2000.


After doing up the images, I can't help but to blog about these cones as they have brought back such fond memories. Those were the happiest moments of our lives...we were able to make long road trips on every weekend during our short stay in the States...to visit the national parks and be really close to nature.


I think I like this image best...I hope you have enjoyed reading this post :)