@DaveMcK ...Your pie photos remind me that although my mother hated to cook (and passed that along to me, LOL), she was a pie baker. We had cherry trees and an apple tree in our backyard when I was a kid, and every June we would bake cherry pies to beat the band and then freeze them. In the fall it was apple pies and applesauce (from the ones on the ground).
My mom also made the best lemon meringue pie in the world, and to this day I don't eat that pie if it is ever available because I know it wouldn't measure up to hers.
She also made rhubarb pie...not strawberry and rhubarb like most people assume...it was just plain rhubarb, but man could she make that pie taste like the sweetest thing.
Oh, and then in August when the peaches came to the farm stands, she would make great peach pies. The best peaches were from New Jersey...just like the best tomatoes are Jerseys.
My dad was an artist and he would make the best free-hand pancake shapes. he'd just pour the batter in the pan and there would be witches riding brooms, cats, and all kinds of special holiday pancakes.
Alas, I don't bake or cook much, but I can make a mean chocolate fudge!
Thanks for letting me reminisce! 😸