Playing with an apple

I still haven't found the horse chestnut I gave Rascal to play with.  But today I found an apple and one of his toys in an out of the way place.  An apple?  So that is where the apple from the kitchen counter went.

Horse chestnuts

A few people mentioned the nuts I found may be chestnuts.  So I Googled chestnuts and discovered these are "horse chestnuts", not merely chestnuts.  Earlier today I nibbled slightly on one of the nuts and it tasted terrible.  Good thing I barely nibbled on the nut as horse chestnuts can be toxic.  Other than the bad taste, I had no other reaction to my nibbling on the nut.

https://www.anses.fr/en/content/learn-distinguish-horse-chestnuts-sweet-chestnuts-avoid-poisoning

Acorns?

Last week, as I was riding my bicycle downtown Kalispell, I saw some nuts on the side of the road that had fallen from a tree. I brought some home. I don't know what kind of nuts these are.  Acorns?

Rascal likes to play with them.  I let him play with one.  He batted it around and around and then down the stairs to the basement.  I went and got it and then put it into the dining room.  Days later I have no idea where the nut is now.

I cracked one nut.  This is what is inside the shell.  I haven't tried eating it yet.

Helping with re-fencing some trees

Last week I started re-fencing some small evergreen trees in the NE pasture before I let some cows into the pasture.  (https://tallpinesranch.blogspot.com/2021/10/re-fencing-some-pasture-trees.html)

Rascal "helped" me when I did the work last week.