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Wife and I and our daughter along with our 2 Ggirls went downtown today. We went to Hemisfair Park ..site of the 1968' World's Fair! Under the Shadow the Tower of the America's is a great park. Water displays and huge wooden play yard for kids.. and squirrels.
I've been on that tower before. I had no idea it was from the 68 World's Fair. You learn something every day.
We had the most glorious sunrise this morning! I had to be extra careful while driving to work because its beauty was such a distraction. Others were talking about it when I arrived at the office; even a couple of the guys, who usually don't seem to notice such things. The sky was brilliant pinkish-orange just before the sun peeked over the horizon, and the clouds were illuminated from underneath and behind. It was breathtaking!
Black walnuts are way more trouble than they are worth. I never eat them (the ones from my own trees) because it's such hard work and very time consuming to get to the nuts. First, you have to peel off the tough green rind, which is very messy, and then you have to find a way to crack the incredibly hard shell to get to the nut meat inside. Who's got that kind of time and energy? Not I!
Here's a picture of nuts on one of my trees this year.
black walnuts are indeed a lot of effort to deal with, more than most people are willing to put forth - usually including myself.
when i lived in indiana and was lucky enough to have some black walnut trees, i was really looking forward to the nuts. but when it became clear what a chore it was to deal with them, i usually ended up selling most of them unhusked to an amish guy, but always kept a grocery sackful to open using a shop vise.
Absolutely wonderful posts and pictures. I adore this thread. I tried to rep you all, but I am in the hands of the rep police. . Thank you so much for bringing a smile to my face.
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