Pistachios

(Photograph copyright 2014 by Dan Routh)

Still life.

Chestnuts

(Photograph copyright 2013 by Dan Routh)

Still life on the green table.

From the Woods

(Photograph copyright 2013 by Dan Routh)

Hickory nuts.

Raw Peanuts

(Photograph copyright 2013 by Dan Routh)

Still life. Raw peanuts.

Hickory Nuts

(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)

Still life, hickory nuts.

Pecans

(Photograph copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

The pecans are beginning to open and fall on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Black Walnuts

Still life studies of black walnuts from trees on our farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)

Hickory Nuts

(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)

I walked up to my Mom's house in Grays Chapel, North Carolina a couple of days ago. She lives in the woods, and I noticed the tremendous number of hickory nuts covering the ground. Thinking back to things the old folks in the neighborhood have said, I don't know if so many nuts mean we're in for a hard winter, if it just means the squirrels will be well fed this year, or both.