More than a pair of pears to pare.

This post is partly here to tease my students who find spelling a challenge.  Who wouldn't with a language like English.  Two pears can be too many to think about when trying to spell.
Another reason to post this photo is that it's a close-up of an amazing pear tree in my neighborhood.  It must be holding at least a thousand pears.  I wonder if there's a deposit of radio-active material beneath the tree, or maybe a leaky, old septic tank.  It's an impressive tree.  Maybe tomorrow I'll get a photo of the whole thing.
OK, class, study pear, pair and pare, and two, too, and to. THen we'll move on to their, they're and there, and maybe new, knew, and gnu. :)