Tuesday 26 June 2018

Mostly Elderflowers
[ ADDITIONAL PHOTO ADDED LATER! ]

We've been behind again with letting our fans know (we do have some, don't we?) what we've been up to. So here's a very short update.

Making the most of a sunny evening, we went for a walk along the canal again, and we were attracted to the amazingly sweet-smelling Elderflowers now in bloom. Ba is gazing at some larger bunches, much higher up - too high for Alice to lift us up to sit beside.

What's this? Someone is trying to pick them right in front of our very eyes! You can see why perhaps at this recipe page by Countryfile.

This tall dark stranger can certainly reach high enough to pick the most choice blooms, too.

Or is he such a stranger after all? He looks suspiciously familiar to us.

And he says he's going to make Elderflower Cordial with them.

Alice wondered if he'd use that recipe by one of the UK's best known shefs, Jamie Oliver, no less.

Anyway, a considerably large quantity got picked, so we could then have a rest beside the canal. [Click on any photos to see them at a larger size.]


Which do you like best, the previous one above with the canal as an interesting background, or this one with a good close-up of the two of us

This photo is just to let you know we do still have some flowers doing well inside the house. These geraniums in the kitchen keep on blooming, as long as we don't forget to water them, of course, and don't do so when the sun is beaming fiercely through the window.

The last one, below, shows how we somehow or other manage to aquire a few blossoms, like this wonderfully sweet-smelling Honeysuckle, and bring them into the house to enjoy.

Is that all? you may well ask. 
Well, we did warn you this would be a very short post. Bye for now!
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Endnote
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