Pecan picking

This one is more about the neighborhood than the house. Statesboro is full of pecan trees. We don't have any pecan trees in the yard but many of those on Georgia Southern's campus are huge and they've been dropping loads of big, beautiful nuts. On a windy day the pecans fall with a soft thud and the picking is easy. Lately I've been stuffing extra doggie bags in my pocket just in case I'm walking across campus and the wind begins to blow.

I cracked and shelled these to make chocolate chip cookies for my Daddy-o's birthday on Nov. 5.