This month in Schenley Park I noticed lots of yellow hulls on the ground. Somewhat like pistachios, they were smaller and brighter with a ridge inside instead of on the edge.
Here’s what I saw when I looked down.
The hulls came from somewhere so I looked up to find the source: Oriental bittersweet.
Each berry was encased in a three-part pod that burst open to reveal the fruit. You can see three faint lines on the berries where the ridges made impressions.
And there above me, quietly eating the berries, was a big flock of robins knocking more yellow hulls to the ground.
Keep looking up. 🙂
(photos by Kate St. John)
And always keep mouth closed when looking up…… 🙂
We were lucky enough to be in Barbados early this month. Speaking with a lovely, dignified, Englishwoman with a HUGE black eye. She had been sleeping in shade, under an almond tree. Yes,she was fortunate to have her eyes closed! One had fallen,and hit her close to the eye. She said she didn’t know how dangerous sleeping on the beach could be!
Anne