On Working with What You Know, And Knowing What You Work With

Today I went for a walk outside my town, on a trail where I'd never been before. Of course, being a witch I had my eyes on the side of the path and my plant identification app ready, and so I came home with quite some loot. I got some quartz, which is a common find but I think the pieces I got this time were particularly nice, and then I found some iron ore. I didn't pick any plant, as I had no plans to use any of them, but now I now where to find them: violets, wood-sorrel, thistles and wood anemones are established ingredients with a history of use. I also found a flower with the delightful name of "arctic starflower", which is not a classic meowgic herb, but with a name like that I'm already listing the possibilities for use. As for trees, I found mountain pine, which I use for grappa, juniper, which is used for gin, and silver fir, which is my favourite tree and I use it whenever I need to add my personal mark to the work. There were some ducks, so I might be able to get some of…