Marble Oak Galls

Lovely walk in the rain with my pugs, Princess, Duchess and Doug.

I took a blip of these Oak Galls as I liked the colour, and they reminded me of walks up the lane with my grandma when I was young.

"Galls, or Oak Apples as they are often called, are formed by Gall Wasps laying eggs within the tissue of the Oak; which then swells to form a Gall. The Wasp lava feeds on the Gall until it emerges as an adult. The galls here will have long been vacated; during the summer. What remains is just the dried out ‘husk’. There are many different types of gall Wasp in the UK".

I made Jane and I a beef and veg stew, and I learned how to make dumplings, which just made the meal complete.