Attempt to embed something--
There are two things to note about this post. First is the nuts themselves. Chestnuts are wonderful, I`m sure everyone agrees. They are especially wonderful to me because I discovered them at such an advanced age. Of course I had seen them and eaten them during my life, but I had never seen a mature chestnut tree or a nut in its natural state until I came to Japan. We don`t have them in America! Why you ask? Because we have a blight, that is a disease, which kills the trees before they are old enough to produce nuts. I was surprised to see the nuts in the hull, and amazed at how well protected they are. They should be called cactus nuts I think. Or how about sea urchin nuts?! But once you get the armor off they are beautiful to look at and good to eat prepared just about any way with just about anything.

The second point to note about this post is the technological breakthrough. I was able to embed a picture with audio attached to it. I uploaded this picture and the audio on a site called voicethread.com We will be using this site during the term, and you are welcome to check it out on your own and use it for your blogs.