Book revision, so far, hasn't really touched on the dandelions chapter, which is one of the better ones: I'm still trying to give seaweed a better shape, argument, point. But it was a wonderful surprise to see dandelions on sale at Agua Fria Nurseries today! Very healthy, flourishing dandelions, in the herbs section - but at the same time, they were looking like a book illustration, not least because they had the battered plastic of the greenhouse covering behind them.
It was the annual, start-of-our-summer plant shop - and I had a notably smaller cart than usual, and it was notably more expensive than even last year. But I always love going there, even if I do seem to take photos of the same things (though the dandelions are new!) year after year. This time I'll strip the lilies and seed-heads of their color ...
but I think I should keep the bright green of the nettles (tea! soup! I remember once having nettle and barley soup at a long, long ago health food cafe and shop on the Cowley Road, Uhuru ... a cafe long ago, to be sure, but I see that they are still going after fifty years! as a food shop. Fifty years! Congratulations to them. They opened in my final year as an undergraduate... which I realize makes it fifty years since I did my Finals examinations, which remain pretty vividly seared into my memory.).
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