It's fall here on Lola's Corner. At least it is for the almond trees (yes, we have almond trees in our yard). After sometimes raining almonds for most of December and all of January, they've just about finished dropping nuts. Now the leaves are turning red and dropping,just like the hardwood trees in the fall back in the States.
We have a love-hate relationship with our almond trees. They are beautiful old trees with lots of character. The one right at the southwest corner of the house we call our natural air conditioner: it shades the house from a lot of the southern and all of the late afternoon southwest sun, keeping the house cool. But they always seem to shedding something - nuts, leaves flowers. The leaves are huge and pretty dirty so it takes a lot to clean up after them. And sweeping/raking up after them is pretty much a constant task. I guess that's a small price to pay for the free air conditioning.
The falling almond nuts are occasionally an adventure. The big almond tree hangs over Lola's restrooms, which have metal roofs. The first time you're sitting (or standing) there and an almond drops and hits that metal roof, you think someone is shooting at you. It is frequently a good thing you're already in a restroom.
Off to the beach and then to get Lola's ready to open.
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