august home rental turned â the hotel signed â its august seattles cool cloudy august home enjoy the backyard relandscaping project nearing end â we plants garden addition rocks â for long time grandson convinced going rock gardenand morning i augusts perennial treats chopped fresh peaches wheat chex breakfastwhen family moved farm south dakota bisbee arizona 1949 kinds water bisbee clear fresh drinking water inside houses brackish brown water flowing pipes yards â the water pumped underground copper mines came added advantage freeat time bisbee real oasis â everyone yards grass needed mowing fruit trees gardens â vista park warren marvel big shady trees lush green grass â the water drink plants loved mineral laden stuff â once phelps dodge figured water diverted tailings dump used extract unusable copper water stopped free bisbees trees gardens grass went way dodo birdwhen moved house yuma trail water available yard trees apricot peach nectarine fig huge old mulberry fruit turned soles bare feet purple end summersomewhere family archives photo sitting dad huge boxes apricots just finished picking trees â as i recall peach trees west house bore plenty fruit â and august mother raised farm went canning binge putting quarts quarts home grown apricots peacheshouses bisbee fifties air conditioned â and canning peaches august hot work huge canning pot water boiling away stove heated house â once canning product mother labors disappeared shelves cool earthen floored downstairs basement â throughout rest year eating canned peaches apricots dessert supper dinner way treatbut mother didnt peaches â some peeled chopped â she scalded peaches boiling water peeled i fascinated peel long strand â then chopped â she father remove set tin snips used sharp edge cut peaches bite sized pieces â add sugar taste lemon juice help peaches turning brown worlds best summer time treats add cereal ice creamthis week i tried august special grandson â hes polite kid â he took thank bite explaining likes peaches theyre theyre cut uphis loss â its august i chopped peaches lurking fridge