Hallo Autumn...

A quickie blip after a very trying day...

Perhaps I should indulge in the medicinal uses of the horse chesnut with it's extract aeiscin, useful for sprains and strains, oedemas, chronic leg edema, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and chronic venous insufficiency. However, it is also reported as being toxic - especially for horses!
I prefer the Bavarian use of the tree - their deep shade which meant that beer cellar owners could cut ice from local rivers and lakes in winter to cool the Märzen Lager beer well into summer...