General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

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.