#12

by happy serendipity

in reality every day and every second is a first - there IS only NOW......but besides all that doing FIRSTS keeps us feeling alive, challenged, excited, enthusiastic, alert, focussed - HAPPY. recognising and acknowledging that you are indeed doing something for the first time is like seeing with the eyes of a child. everything is a wonder! firsts for me of late have been: picking wild berries & making juices, walking across the mudflats, riding in a horse & cart, making an espresso with a real coffee machine.....and yours?

#8

This weekend past was the last time for gathering wild fruit and berries. It is so deeply satisfying taking from mother nature like this. And all Organic! First came the Elderberry blossoms, but the champagne went unfortunately foul somehow in the bottling. Then came the bilberries. Finding this perfectly pristine patch and then picking these little beauties felt like a lotto win. Most of them were eaten with pancakes. Then the blackberries. There were so many of these in so many places. Picking them is a bit harder because of the thorns - but the pain is worth it. And then finally the Elderberries. In the end we made 22 bottles of juice and a spicy chutney. And we got the occasional apple, pear and tomato too. Could mushrooms be next?

#1

You have made me smile - who is challenging whom?
In homage to your 1st posting which I naturally couldn't help but see,and my love of all things "wood", I share with you a place 2 minutes from where I am sitting.

enchanted forest

touch wood........