Nutcase

Tis that seson of the year once again. Fresh nuts for shelling on supermarket fruit shelves.

For some years now, have gotten used to soft-shelled almonds. Weekend's shop yielded variety with quite hard shells.

Reminded me of when I was young, when we did not seem to see any of the soft variety.

Oh the frustration of trying to crack open an almond.

I have broken many a pair of nutcrackers trying to crack almond shells.