An unexpected find

[wiseheart]

Or is that found? English is such a confusing language

Comments

[meathiel]

It's "find" actually. 😀

Yay for finding the elusive rose water.

[wiseheart]

Ah, thanks! And yes, finding the rose water was a great discovery indeed. :)

[red_day_dawning]

I love rose water! Great find!

[wiseheart]

What do you use it for?

[elwenlj]

One of the things I used to love about living in Leeds, which is a big city, was the herbalist on the outside of the market building. That shop, Claphams, had been there for about a hundred years, and the back wall was full of small wooden drawers, filled with every kind of dried herb you could imagine. You could guarantee that if you walked into that shop and asked, "Can I have two ounces of (any weird herb you could think of)" They would have it in one of those drawers.

It's forty years since I lived in Leeds but recent photo's showed that the shop was still there.

[wiseheart]

Oh, that sounds wonderful! I love such old-fashioned shops. There were some pharmacies nearby that looked similarly before falling victim to modernisation. :(

[noadvertising]

I always buy rose water in the pharmacy!

[wiseheart]

Never heard of our pharmacies having it. I can call myself lucky if they have rubbing alcohol for Mum's back.

[adafrog]

Cool.

What do you use the organ and celandine for?

[wiseheart]

Skincare. The essence of greater celandine is good against warts, and argan oil helps keeping my face in a more or less acceptable shape. The only place on my body where my skin is rough and reddish is my face (rosacea, among other problems), so I'm trying to treat it gently.

[adafrog]

Neat.