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Come Wander Along with Me...

I wander...it is simply what I do.  Since I was a young girl, my parent's tried everything to keep me close to home, going to such  measures as to buy me goats.  Though I loved my goats, my heart still  wandered.  

Growing up in rural New Jersey, I was surrounded by dense woods and long stretches of farm land to fuel my imagination.   I felt at home in the arms of the forest and spent many days laying upon the fragrant mossy soil staring up through the filter of leaves... watching the light dance.  It is these experiences that I work to remember.

In adulthood, I discovered the joy of capturing those precious moments, through my camera's lens.  Though the many years in between my youth and the present, I have enjoyed many wonderful adventures and am currently wandering in another people's land.  For the past 10 years I have had the pleasure of living in Europe and learning to look at life in a very different way.   

Through my images and my wanderings, I hope you will enjoy seeing the world around you... in a new way.

So...I invite you to "Come Wander Along with Me..."

Oooo That Smell…It’s Wild Garlic Time

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 4:34am Posted in Around my Village, Forest, Germany, iPhoneography, Living in Europe, Local Color, Observations

I think you might laugh if I told you Clover and I went shopping in the forest yesterday…well, we did.  It’s wild garlic or as they call it here in Germany Bärlauch Zeit! Gathered in clumps along the rushing forest stream beds, the flat tulip like leaf grow.  Adorned by a delicate white bulb of a flower as blooms on most allium type plants.

In yesterday’s rain, dressed for the wet we wandered to our secret spot and gathered enough to make a batch or two of Bärlauch pesto for that evenings dinner and a bit to pop in the freezer.  As an compliment to our smoked Sock-eye Salmon and steamed local green asparagus we roasted some potatoes with the richly aromatic wild garlic delight and the whole house filled with its heavenly scent.

On tonight’s menu….Roasted Chicken on a bed of Bärlauch….Ahhhh….Springtime!

Enjoy the images and iPhone Movie of my secret haul.


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April 20, 2010 - 14:50 Phil Vaughn - Some things just have their own unmistakable presence! I'm nowhere near you--and I can smell the aroma of your cooking! You have no idea what this does to a guy who can barely boil water.

April 23, 2010 - 04:56 catharine - mouthwatering slideshow!

April 26, 2010 - 09:49 Mark Nelson - For some reason this makes me hear Elvis singing "Poke Salad Annie" in my head!

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