My parent's mimosa tree...

The mimosa tree has blooms that so fragrant and sweet, like a rose.  And the greens gently fold up in the evening.  My girls ♥ to climb this poor tree that grows in my parent's front yard.  Olivia has a large scratch down her leg from her attempt to climb last week. 

 They almost look like fireworks.

I use this large slice of an old oak tree to do many things...I laid our harvest of cilantro, beets, potatoes and lettuce on it earlier this week and now, I'm gathering coriander seeds (which is what you get when you let your cilantro flower and then dry)...I will grind up most of them using this mortar and pestle.  Today, I added them to a pot of beans.

(a part of photo Friday:  this week's theme is wood)