into the trees

Yesterday, Fernando brought a band of happy coconut harvesters to clean out our palm trees.  This is always a treat to see but scares me to death that one of these nimble climbers will fall.  But not this time, either.

You  can see the rope dangling down the trunk.  The climber's compadre ties the machete onto the end, the climber hauls it up and hacks away at the coconut clusters, then lowers the bunches down to the ground and the whole thing starts again.

Here's the loot:

Fernando will use the nuts in this puesto.  Put to very good use.