Memories from the Past

From Random Moments

Sometime last week, while I came down one morning, I found this half-eaten almond fruit. It's been a really long time since I found one - and, there was a time when I used to go scouting for these first thing in the morning!

I was in school, my grandma was still with us and we were in this small town called Palayamkottai. We lived in a huge house with an equally huge garden and, every summer we'd find a bunch of these half-eaten fruits dropped by bats.

I think it was Grandma who introduced me to the nuts - it was a lot of effort to crack the shell - But, we loved the nuts! it became a routine - for me to walk around the garden, looking for these fruits, early in the morning. With that day's find, me and Grandma would sit in our backyard, cracking them up using a stone or a hammer - trying hard not to reduce the nut to a pulp! And, then share the spoils between the two of us! :)

 Great days! And, no, I didn't crack this one - I left it for some kid to find!