Life is so abundant

And when  was the last time you really stopped to think about how abundant you actually are.  I am guessing either never or a very long time ago.

Well today I was so abundantly blessed I was quite overwhelmed.  Here is my story:

I decided to go wild-crafting again today whilst I was blessed with such wonderful bright skies and sunshine, but this time instead of going to the local canal which is where I have been wild-crafting for many years, I decciced to go much more local and boy was I amazed at the abundance in Mother Earths larder, and right on my doorstep.

I began my walk by the river which runs just at the back of where I live, and where I am surrounded by 26 acres of parkland and two nature reserves, and even knowing that I still had no idea of how full the larder was, and that was becuase I did not take the time to look.

So I passed an abundance of blackberry bushes, most of them gone for this season but I am definitely going to be getting them from this larder next year, and then there was the abundance of Rose Hips right there in front of me and to the right massive patches of nettles, so there are three things to make wonderful delicious recipes from.

Then I walked further and further getting engrossed into nature and found so many hawthorn trees I could hardly believe my eyes, and then sloes well I was really shocked with the amount of sloe's (they are from the blackthorn bush) and again there are several recipes and uses for this wonderful fruit.

Just over three hours of walking, and picking I came back with a true feast every time I turned around there was another abundance of fruit and this included a massive crab apple tree, nothing could have prepared me for this magnificant sight.

And here is the picture so that you can see what an abundance of food I picked for free today, and this proved to me that I truly am an abundantly blessed person.



 So here are the crab apples, the nettles ready for the soup, on the far left are the Haws, in the middle the sloes, and to right are the Rose Hips.

And all I have to find now are Rowan trees to get the berries from them.  But this is perfect for all my recipes, which include soup from the nettles, jams and jellies from the fruit and some for my witches store cupboard.

I already have blackberries and elder berries which I have picked over the Summer, so next time you are moaning that you have not got the things you think you want then please think again as life really is abundant.