{"id":1256,"date":"2013-12-20T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2013-12-20T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T16:41:08","slug":"the-daily-forest-report-december-20-2013-snow-forage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Forest Report December 20, 2013 Snow Forage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-20-at-9.10.51-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-20-at-9.10.51-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-12-20 at 9.10.51 AM\" width=\"891\" height=\"573\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-20-at-9.10.51-AM.png 891w, https:\/\/blog.nielskunze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-20-at-9.10.51-AM-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 891px) 100vw, 891px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rose hips on naked branches in the midst of winter\u2026 reminds me of a Charlie Brown Christmas\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I still make a point every day to gather whatever foodstuffs I can along the route of my forest explorations. When everything is blanketed white in snow it seems that somehow I&#8217;m cheating Old Man Winter every time I find a handful of rose hips, juniper berries or bear berries\u2026 but they&#8217;ve become essential to my identity here.<\/p>\n<p>If I walk my path without foraging a few nibbles along the way, I feel disconnected\u2026 like the snow serves to insulate me from the Forest Life lying beneath. But as I suck on hipcicles and frozen berries a portion of that Life awakens immediately within me. The difference is rather profound. I&#8217;m very grateful for these paltry but consistent offerings\u2026 served for my attunement.<\/p>\n<p>Sitka likes to share in the bear berries, having learned of these hidden treasures beneath the snow. I pick them for her, otherwise she&#8217;d just eat the whole plant&#8211; leaves, stems and all. She tends to get a little jacked-up on the sugar though! She&#8217;s not interested in juniper berries at all&#8211; not even their oh-so-cinnamony 5th-dimensional expression. She allows me to hog most of the rose hips too, as she&#8217;s rather content to chew on the woody parts of the rose bushes&#8211; despite the thorns.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about these exotic flavours free for the taking in an otherwise desolate season that makes these excursions magical. Rose hips, once they&#8217;ve been thoroughly frozen on the branch, boast a flavour that is a wonderful combination of apple, cherry and strawberry. They&#8217;re also a rich source of vitamin C. The outer flesh is soft and just melts in your mouth, leaving a core of hard seeds to spit. The New Juniper berries hint at more tropical climes\u2026 perhaps a change which is yet forthcoming?<\/p>\n<p>Be grateful for the gifts and treasures which dance continually at the periphery of our burgeoning awareness!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rose hips on naked branches in the midst of winter\u2026 reminds me of a Charlie Brown Christmas\u2026 I still make a point every day to gather whatever foodstuffs I can along the route of my forest explorations. 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