walnuts

When I was a little girl
I remember always going to
my Grandpa's house and
he had huge walnut trees
and he would always
get us to pick up the walnuts
by making a game out of it.

Lastnight my other half
came home with a basket
of walnuts and this memory
of my childhood came rushing!

I liked that game my Grandpa made
us play and I remember how he would
take them and crack the shells and give
us the nut and sometimes placed
sugar on them for us he would also
give us pumpkin seeds or (pepitos)
as he would call them. I was kind of
hesitant to eat the pumpkin seed for
fear just like eating a watermelon seed
that it would grow inside of me
(when your young you believe
stupid things!)
anyway, thanks to Grandpa
I do love walnuts and pumpkins.