Trees, Trees Glorious Trees

 First off, the other day I did a post about my Vegetable soup. 

One of the ingredients I included was a swede, I got a few requests asking what swede was so I thought I would give some more details. 
A swede is a bit like a small turnip. 
I looked up google to see what I could find out and found that in the U.S. and Canada it is also known  as the "Swedish turnip" or "yellow turnip". 

Turnip is also known as "neeps" in Scotland. You may have heard of 'haggis, neeps and tatties'.  
That would be that lovely Scottish delicacy of Haggis (my sister loves it but I'm afaid I can't bring myself to eat it - not very Scottish of me I'm afraid) turnip and potatoes. I don't mind the neeps and tatties - they are quite tasty.  They are both served mashed.  

So there you are. Hope that helps :))

Now to the next part of my post. 
 Remember my walk around Rozelle park? 
Well there were some pretty impressive trees, some were huge and they have been there for many many years.

I wanted to put up a couple of pictures to show you but I couldn't pick my favourites so I've posted a few more - hope you don't mind.

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Look at the trunk on this one - huge

This really is all one tree - love that foliage!

The people under the tree give it some perspective.

I just really liked this picture :)

And this one is just weird looking and kind of spooky.

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