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Project V Day Twenty: Heartnut


Long story short on the skinny of this nut: 
A pal and I had just finished eating calzones under a velvet Elvis painting somewhere near Patagonia, AZ, circa 2010 (paging Lani Hudson...do you read me Lani Hudson??) and we stumbled upon this kickass, cracked-open nut shell.  It looks like a heart.  It looks like an owl face.  Take your pick.

I think it is from a Heartnut tree (I'm not being obvious - it really exists) which is maybe a type of Japanese walnut? But hell, I don't know -- I'm too exhausted to do anymore research.  For all I know it's a petrified raccoon heart.  I think I've hit the wal...zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........


Day Twenty grid.
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  1. AnonymousMarch 6, 2013 at 6:45 PM

    PAAAALLLL!! i'm here! and i just realized the heartnut also looks like an animals nose/nostrils.

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