On my way to work every day I pass by a couple of large chestnut tree - at this time of year the branches are weighted down by an abundance of spikey chestnut pods. Seing these pods always brings back lovely childhood memories of sitting at my grandparents dining table making various creatures using only chestnuts and matches, often my grandfather would be sitting there too in his favorite armchair, reading the newspaper, smoking a cigar and humming some of his favorite danish tunes from the 30ies and 40ies...
