I live in a fairly agricultural area, with fields mere minutes from La Casa. This area used to be known for its walnut groves and while walnuts are no longer commercially grown here, walnut trees still linger in backyards like mine.
In the summer, the walnut tree provides welcome shade and a convenient perch for my hammock chair. Come fall, it starts to shed its walnuts and the tree becomes the center of many critters' attention. Crows come from far and wide to nab nuts from its branches and a bratty squirrel pays us a visit and stocks up. It can get quite noisy in the mornings when everyone checks on the tree!
Luckily I've been able to gather a fair number of walnuts. The basil plant is starting to fail, so I may make pesto this week with the leaves from the basil and walnuts from the tree. I'll freeze the pesto and months from now, thaw it out and remember these early fall days and the squirrel romping around the yard, a nut in its mouth, while crows perch in the highest branches and call out to their comrades.
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