Yasaibatake's Blog

Hello again...
I have exciting news today! In the back corner of my parent's yard, they have a mulched flower bed with some rose quartz stepping stones. I enjoy hopping from stone to stone, peering at all the flowers and buggies and whatnot - makes for a nice study break! Anyway so I was poking around, avoiding my 8 page "poverty in the classroom" paper, and found this tiny baby!

(Sorry for the fuzziness. My parents' camera is really old and was having a hard time focusing.)
I'm guessing he came from my neighbor's big ol' pine trees. I don't know for sure what their trees are...I know just enough about identifying trees to be dangerous! I'm thinking they're white pines - they have these wonderful long, soft needles that I just adore. There are five needles to a bunch, spaced opposite each other on the branch, and have a bit of a bluish green tint to them. I'll have to ask if I'm right or not. Anyways I'm super excited about the baby tree! I'm kinda torn between wanting to take him with me - hey, he's just a baby, he could do well in a big ol' pot for a little while, right? - and also knowing that I can't uproot the entire backyard just because my folks are moving. I'll have to ask mi padre what he thinks....but I'm not-so-secretly hoping he'll say I can take it :)