Wild herb tarte, mud and a really creative moth

Look, this is our dinner tonight :)

I went out with my kids today, and while they were playing in the mud...

...and trying to wash their feet...


...I picked some wild herbs which I know are edible...

(in fact, I picked a bunch more... but I had fun washing them and laying them out - they looked so pretty!),

and then I mixed them with creme fraiche, some cheese, some onions from our garden and spread them on dough.

And after 20 minutes, we had a really nice wild herb tarte, which we just devoured for dinner, along with some fresh strawberries.

As to the creative moth...


...this gorgeous piece of art was done by a spinster moth, and what is even more impressive:

It wraps whole trees, completely. We were lucky enough to meet a guy in the park who explained tht the whole precess only takes a couple of days, and it does only mild damage to the tree - it looses a couple of leaves, but they all regrow quite fast. The larves hide under the really dense, almost plastic-like fabric:

That way, the birds can´t eat them. Super clever. Now Ronnie wants some spinster moths, to create her own sustainable plastic bags... I´m not convinced that would work, though. I bet they´d also make super awesome halloween costumes ;)

Music:

It´s been a while.  Still gives me shivers.