Sally--
I am sure it has never had any fruit on it....so NO dropping of fruit.
Since I never, really, paid much attention to this tree--I will be more
curious if it has any blooms or anything resembling fruit. Almost sure--NO!
Olga's front lawn and mine are "neighbors" I see it every time i am outside.
Olga, probably, never pays any attention to it. To her it was a nuisance-
so she had it cut down, not realizing it would re-grow. She does not understand the
"ifs' and"hows" of gardening.
I believe her cutting things down-including her (ahem--HIS) big Fig Tree
was a way of her dealing with the sudden death of her husband.
She took out her pain and anger by getting rid of trees that had been HIS to care for
there for a long time--like the HUGE Fig tree--which was "HIS". She was. literally, crying over
this tree being gone. DAH! SHE paid someone to cut it down.
Then--she goes through a period of regret, being remorseful that now NO ONE in the
family will ever have a piece of HIS tree. And was so happy that one of the
cuttings I took rooted and was growing. She cried when I showed it to her and gave it to her.
Then--winter comes--and, again all my suggestions that she insulate, somehow, thew roots
of the big tree which had re-sprouted--she does NOTHING and it dies back again.
Oh well--Spanish women can be temperamental. Que sera--sera....Whatever will be, will be...
Like--"Don't blame the tree and take out your anger on the trees by destroying them"!
None of this was it's fault! None of it was Her fault nor His either.
Life, love, and death --and how they relate to each other is complicated.
Gita
