Oh the Acorns of My Acorns!

This year has been a bumper crop for acorns. There is a Live Oak on our front property that embraces the house with its long limbs. And the tree has rained down acorns by the millions. For the past two weeks, we have listened to the roof being pelted with them, all through the night, and especially when it got windy. The oak trees in the back of the house have created slippery surfaces for walking. It’s like trying to balance yourself on ball bearings. Just getting to the neighbor’s house can be hazardous. In the morning, when I walk, there are so many acorns on the side of the road that I had to change the route because walking on the grass under the oak trees was too dangerous. With the cars going by at that time of morning, trying to deliver their children to the elementary school, I was afraid that I would roll out into the street and get run over by a frantic parent.