All you need is some quirky paper and strings. I had stacks of Japanese paper and Kadhi strings that I have put to good use this year. The tree has been bought potted from the Dane End Christmas Tree Farm and the idea is to use it next year…not sure how much growing will occur in a year though…oh well.
For the last 8 weeks we have spent most of our week-end walks with our heads firmly stuck on the ground, hoping that we may just this time find he holy grail of all mushrooms: cèpes also known as porcini. We found 1. Not quite enough as a side dish but plenty to remind us that they are there.
I once picked kilos of bolets and cèpes and remember drying them all around the house on radiators, in the airing cupboard. Once you have experienced the joy of finding them, preparing and eating them you ARE hooked and casual walks in the woods are never the same again.
While we haven’t really picked anything that substantial or exciting this season, this autumnal obsession has given us the opportunity to discover our surrounding woods, Hertfordshire is full of them and we are really lucky to have access to them so easily. So no mushroom joy but plenty of photo opportunities.
Every day starts with a country walk, a way to get some air and admire the surroundings, forever changing forever beautiful.
I love this view – the contrast of the fields with the sky. Today the fog unwrapped texture – I feel inspired to explore it further with my brushes and paint…I can see the sketching taking shape in my head. Closing my eyes I am running towards my treasure chest, picking my canvas, laying out the colours I will be using…opening my eyes I am thinking: bring on Sunday.
