Unexpectedly we rocked up here, 3 dogs, Rupert and I, in this mast year for oaks, the earth floor peppered with acorns. I collected some to plant. I noticed this time, how the holly often grew from so close to the oak, often each side. And I wondered if the hollow side of the oak was most often on the north. The beef stake growing from the same oak as I found it 2018 coming with Michael and with Elizabeth Grant. We picked and cooked it that evening, comparing it with chicken int he wood.
Beautiful October day.













