I Have Found My Tribe {at last}

Hello Friends!

I have, at long, long last, after so much searching, found my Tribe!  Yesterday evening was the first Zoom meeting of my year long Wild Welsh Herbal Medicine course.  I cannot throw enough synonyms for the incredible feeling of having come home to my Tribe to describe how I feel. Ever since I was a child, I have picked leaves and made "tea", dabbling in hedgerow medicine, but never taking it any further.  So overwhelmed was I that I couldn't even speak to introduce myself, other than stuttering a few incomprehensible words between my blubbing.

This morning I made a nettle smoothie using the nettles I harvested last evening. I stuffed my Ninja goblet about 2/3 full of nettles, added a ripe banana, a handful of walnuts, a tablespoon of linseeds, a teaspoon of pure cocoa powder, and topped off with oat milk.  Whizzed it up and enjoyed every drop!  Tomorrow I shall attempt some sort of savoury with them.  

I have just completed my sixth day of the Fundraiser for Parkinson's.  I did one of my usual routes this evening.  I took a few photos of some more of the kinds of obstacles that I never used to notice before I developed mobility issues.  Things such as:

badly finished repairs that leave gutters across the pavements

or hedges that are not clipped back leaving very narrow pavements on a blind corner that has oncoming traffic:

But on to the prettier things I see, the flowers!

Three days ago, this grassy area was full of yellow dandelions, now it's covered with the silvery white seed heads

and the lilacs are in bloom again

Google Lens informs me that this is Weigela {over to you}

I did misjudge the angle of the evening sun and as I came down the homeward stretch I found myself dazzled as the road traverses a due west aspect.  What didn't I have with me?  Why, my sunglasses of course! 

My Tee shirt for having raised over £100 arrived today, so if the weather is good, I shall be wearing that in future to help raise awareness.  I will take photos tomorrow as it's in the wash right now.

I have to say, I expected my legs to hurt but it isn't my legs, it's my arms and shoulders.  It can only be the pushing of my rollator.  It weighs about 18lbs, so a bit of a weight to be pushing out in front of me, especially going up hill!

Until the next time

Debbie xx