Up on the Crag

The month is already at mid-point and of course I'm not as much done as I wanted but we surely having lots of fun adventures! Over the weekend we made it up to one of the crag of Shawangunk Mountains. We didn't try the challenging vertical ascent on the rocks- the family we passed by told us, "I've seen 7-8 year-old climb up." But I didn't want to get stuck in the middle, so we hiked around to the top, which was fairly steep toward the end. Then we were rewarded with stunning views!

I was just reading about these wild edibles in local publication, and I decided to give it a try. Yes, these are wild edible weed, small succulent purslane and clover-like wood sorrel, and that can be commonly found around house. Yes, I found them around the house and they are even packed with nutrients. But when I began harvesting I quickly realized that they are so small it's time consuming to collect enough to amount to a 'dish.' So I just sprinkled them over my salad, and except visually, they didn't add too much to it. So my beautiful lunch today was salad with lettuce, pickled radish, cucumber, and these cute wild edibles, and soba noodle with pesto, topped with fish flakes (most everything taste better with fish flakes, in my opinion, and the dish suddenly turns Japanese) and red pickled ginger.