{"id":5577,"date":"2020-06-13T13:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T11:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2021-07-04T11:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T09:35:09","slug":"magic-made-of-elder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/magic-made-of-elder\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic made of elder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking forward to the delicious and magic elderflower jam &#8211; and why I am looking for a dragon now. &#8211; Daydreaming, June-13 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2708\" src=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1-1536x1040.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1-2048x1386.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326743-1-700x474.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know the delicious taste of elderflower jam and golden syrup made of elderflower, and its beautiful yellow-greenish brown color? I took the chance to make some elderflower jam-paintings with my camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2649\" src=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326714-1-700x464.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2575\" src=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1-2048x1318.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326706-1-700x451.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A magic wand made of elder?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elder is quite common in the hedges and woods in our nearby, so why not just make a magic wand of elder? After an intense research on &#8216;how to make a wand&#8217;, diving deeply into the world of magic and witchcraft I learned a lot about the complexity of a wand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know there is a famous wandmaker <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harrypotter.fandom.com\/wiki\/Garrick_Ollivander\" target=\"_blank\">in Harry Potter&#8217;s world &#8211; Garrick Ollivander?<\/a> According to the Harry Potter fandom sites elder (<em>lat. sambucus<\/em>) is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>the rarest wand wood of all, and reputed to be deeply unlucky, the elder wand is trickier to master than any other. It contains powerful magic, but scorns to remain with any owner who is not the superior of his or her company; it takes a remarkable wizard to keep the elder wand for any length of time.<br><em>&#8211; Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harrypotter.fandom.com\/wiki\/Wand\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/harrypotter.fandom.com\/wiki\/wand<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The core types of the elder wand are <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harrypotter.fandom.com\/wiki\/wand_core\" target=\"_blank\">made of exciting and rare substances.<\/a> I would prefer <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harrypotter.fandom.com\/wiki\/dragon_heartstring\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Heartstring<\/a> as the core substance, but as a fan and lover of some mystical creatures (see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/looking-for-the-wulver\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (Wulver), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/a-pair-of-66north-gloves-on-69-9-north-meets-nave-rosso\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (Balena), and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/what-if-the-creatures-were-good\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, the good creatures) I do not want to kill a dragon or one of the creatures just in order to get the dragon heartstring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get a dragon heartstring without killing the dragon? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am looking for a dragon lending me one of his heartstrings &#8211; but please, please while staying alive doing so. He would be my friend forever &#8211; and I would feed him with the sweet elderflower jam. Promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2831\" src=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1-2048x1449.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-content\/uploads\/R0326758-1-700x495.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;<br>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;<br>\n\n\n\n<p>If you think this short daydreaming was inspiring please leave me a comment below. Or if there are any questions &#8211; please do not hesitate to ask. I appreciate your feedback a lot. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;<br>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\">Home<\/a><br>Thank you for reading.<br>You can sign up for my newsletter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/subscribe\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/magic-made-of-elder\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Magic made of elder\"><p>Looking forward to the delicious and magic elderflower jam &#8211; and why I am looking for a dragon now. <\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[890,214],"tags":[1023,1017,1018,1022,1024,1021,1019,1020],"class_list":{"0":"post-5577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-create","7":"category-silent-thinking","8":"tag-dragon","9":"tag-elder","10":"tag-elderflower","11":"tag-harry-potter","12":"tag-jam","13":"tag-magic-wand","14":"tag-sambucus","15":"tag-wand","16":"h-entry","17":"hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7446,"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions\/7446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}