Elderflowers

It is elderflower season. A time for collecting bottles in preparation of ritual cordial making.

I love the picking, the mixing, the straining, the bottling and the labelling. It's the only thing I can make that goes in a bottle or jar.

I don't, however, like the look the lady in the pharmacy gives me when I buy a bulk load of citric acid.

Every year I breeze into the same shop with my sleeves rolled up and she still asks me what I'm using it for.

Nosey, suspicious old bag.