On Avocados

Interesting development: apparently, it’s not an avocado plant in the window. It reminds me of Mary’s avocado plant, if her plant had a few more leaves, but when I asked my friendly barista whether it was or not, she told me “I don’t know what it is, but it’s not an avocado plant.”

She told me that the leaves were much darker on an avocado plant, and then elaborated that when they get big they become quite scary. Why? Well, because they’re covered in spiders, of course!

Where she’s from in Australia they grow avocados, and apparently it’s a common summer job when you’re young to pick those avocados. She cringed as she told me “You just have to be really careful…”

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