Recce to the Rec
Park Life I'd planned on going with a friend to the Rec(reation) ground today. Before going I took a look through some of my books, realizing I needed to brush up on my tree-identifying skills. When I was a member of 1st Hove Brownies a hundred years ago, our Brown Owl taught us how to recognize an elm, showing us the mismatched edges at the leaf-stem, which she likened to having to alter lop-sided curtains. Years later a local storyteller, at the same Rec & taught us how to identify Aspens - by listening. They were the ones that whispered in the slightest breeze. It helps to have such memory-hooks. Other than that: books! I was surprised to see a recipe for 'Ash Key Pickle' in 'Food from the Wild' by Judy Urquhart & decided that's what I'd forage for. Hmmm. Thing about living in the city and not yet being fully conversant in the way of trees, is that it was too early to harvest any! I'm learning.... I left my friend to...