It's a dangerous time for automobiles here in Maisons-Laffitte – and, I suspect, elsewhere.

Fall is in the air and the nuts are dropping from the trees – acorns, chestnuts, and others.  Schlup, thump, ping, BOING!  We have a lot of nut trees here.

Woe be it for the automobiles that are parked on the street under the trees.  They are under attack!  Although I haven't actually seen any damage to automobiles due to the dropping nuts,  I would think that there could be some.

With all the nut trees, one might think that we would be overrun with squirrels.  But, for some reason, there are not that many here – certainly no where near as many as one sees in the Boston Public Garden.  There is one that we can see scampering around in the tree next to one of our balconies.  There are owls that live in the trees near us.  Hmmm, I wonder.  Could there be a connection?

But getting back to the automobiles, no, I have not seen any damage from dropping nuts.  Just the same, I am glad that ours is parked in the garage.

And as for myself, when I go out to walk the dog, I wear a hat.  BOINK!

You may not agree with me but,   That is how I see things.

Mark Louis Uhrich

Maisons-Laffitte, France,  1 October 2011

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