Nutty

Fall and winter are my two favorite seasons. There are many horse chestnut trees along the street where I live and for the last two months, great green spiny bulbs have been growing overhead. They have swollen to massive proportions that now sway in the gentlest of breezes with the promise of a headache should one strike you on the way down to earth. The nickname “conkers” is quite appropriate as I believe I’d conk right out if I were hit. Active squirrels make the streets more dangerous yet as they shake conkers free, scattering spiny encasements and nuts alike.