D.O.P.-T.

[weofodthignen]

More rain overnight.

A pomegranate tree on my usual walking route has started dropping fruits on the pavement/sidewalk. Unfortunately they split open. This morning there was a small one, so I hoped it might be intact, but it wasn't. I could easily pick one off the tree, but that would be wrong.

The oranges are also starting to fall. A couple have had bites in them. The one I found this morning hadn't, and unfortunately was ripe enough and fell from high enough that it had smashed open. There are fallen lemons under some people's trees that have smooshed onto their driveways and paths so they look like sherbet.

Comments

[cowboy_r]

I have always found pomegranates, like buffalo wings, to be more trouble than they're worth.

[warriorsavant]

I rate them more like lobster than buffalo wings. One of the few foods that fights back even after it's dead. They're really good, but always have to ask yourself if it is worth it.

If the fruits are dropping on the road/sidewalk, then likely the branches overhang the public right-of-way. In some legal systems, anything overhanding outside your property was fair game for passersby to pick.