Foraging!

I've got the great luck to live in an area with lots of green spaces, and they are especially lovely right now. And bountiful! A few evenings ago, feeling the roaming urge, we wandered out in the twilight and gathered bagfuls of wood sorrel and salmonberries to feast on. Talking and gathering while the sun sinks and the sounds of frogs and night stirrings begin is lovely.

The berries made their way into a smoothie right away! The sorrel made for great pesto from this recipe, although I would add basil and walnuts the next time, because the flavor was a bit sour on its own. I've also found sorrel makes a nice addition to chicken and rice soup!

At the moment more berries await preparation, maybe as a sauce for ice cream or a panna cotta...

The Easter Quail

These little quail eggs make me happy! They and the brown ones have lain abandoned in my fridge, saved from being eaten by my cries of "Wait, I still need to take pictures of those!" for the length of time necessary to go through two cartons of the plain white ones.

Admitting you have a problem is the first step.

But it did seem almost perfect that after all the days the light was too dim when I returned from work, one day it was lovely, bright and warm, and time to photograph these. A real spring day for a picture of something with promise. And speckles I could look at for ages.