Today I walk alone

No dog to watch this morning.  

On Sunday morning I started walking up to the east end of the paved road.   For the last 5 years I have had very few days where I walked by myself.   When I know that the dog is OK and safe it is a little less disturbing. Still I find myself looking for him and I feel the grip of loneliness preventing me from being as observant as I would normally be.   The sun was beautiful though and the air was cool and comfortable so I began to loosen up  a little.  I walked up to the private dirt road and stopped at the Chinese Chestnut tree. I was sad to discover that the crop of chestnuts this year are very small and almost unusable.

The Chestnuts are small.

 I only found a few nuts that came close to a size I could use.   I think that the pollination may have been disturbed by the heavy rains we had earlier this year but that is speculation on my part.  I searched through many of the pointy shells lying on the ground and they were either empty or too small to use.  The local pecans have also suffered this year from a fungus that makes the nuts fall early.   Only those who pay to have their trees sprayed with fungicide have any pecans this year.   Well there is always next year.   Thanks for reading my blog today.  I hope you have a great Sunday. Bye.