Bury me under a pecan tree
My neighbor’s huge pecan tree came down in Katrina – right across my yard that is – causing me to have deal with it. But thankfully a lot of pecan trees survived the storm, such as the one in front of a neighbor’s a few houses down the street. I stop and pick up what I can fill my pockets with almost every day. My other neighbor across the bayou brought me a sack of better pecans – big fat heavy ones.
Louisiana has wonderful pecan trees and my grandmother used to have a big tree in her yard and we always collected pecans in the fall. There is nothing more beautiful than the sight of a large pecan tree on a tree lined street.
December 4th, 2010 at 11:49 am
So right! I have to buy my pecans in Costco. Picking them up on the farm is how I had pocket money for Christmas when I was growing up. Lord, lord, why didn’t I appreciate them more at the time? Can’t do Christmas without the pecans!!!!