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Q &A GREEN LEAF CREW ELL AALYIAH MITCH Aaliyah Mitchell is ten years old and lives in Rainham, Essex with her mum and little sister Amaya. Aaliyah was diagnosed with PH in 2013. Here she shares some of her favourite things. Q. What do you like to do at school? A. I love painting and arts and crafts. I enjoy painting using lots of different colours with my friends and getting really messy. Q. What’s your favourite thing to do at the weekend? A. I love going shopping for fashionable clothes. I also like painting my nails, going to the park and making slime at home with my sister using lots of different colours. Q. What’s your favourite food? A. I love Chinese and Japanese food. My favourite place to eat is Wasabi sushi. I love a bit of spice! Q. What do you like to watch on TV? A. I love to watch Henry Danger on Nickelodeon. Q. What would be your dream job when you’re older? A. I would love to be an actress.
Q. Where do you like to go on holiday? A. My favourite place to visit abroad is Miami in Florida. Q. If you could be anyone in the world for a day, who would it be? A. I would like to be Charlotte, an actress from Henry Danger, because she is very funny and makes me laugh. Q. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? A. I would like to be able to turn invisible, especially when I have an MRI scan at the hospital.
nu ts & be rr ies
At the end of summer, a range of wild nuts and berries start to grow – you just need to go to your nearest woodland to find them. Here are four you can pick and eat! Blackberries Blackberries are fairly common and grow in woods and hedges.The berries should be a deep purple-black – if they are not, this means they are not ripe and should not be picked. You could use them to make a blackberry pie or an apple and blackberry crumble. Elderberries Elderberries are easy to find and grow in groups of five on plants with green toothed leaves. These small, dark red-black berries can be added to sweet pies, crumbles or jams.
Wild raspberries Wild raspberries are quite
Aaliyah with her siste
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A HUGE THANK YOU
to Charlotte Killick Schoo l of Dance and Starlight Kid s from Lancashire, whose danc e show was featured in the sum mer issue. We’re delighted to say they raised over £1,000 for the PHA UK, in support of young Matthew, pictur ed, who was diagnosed with PH as a newborn. AUTUMN 2019 emphasis 34 42
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common if you look in the right places. They are smaller than raspberries you buy in the supermarket. You can use them to make a raspberry trifle or cake.
Hazelnuts You can forage for hazelnuts
by finding a hazelnut tree and shaking it. The nuts should fall and then you can collect them. But nuts are a squirrel’s favourite food, so they might beat you to it! It’s best to forage in the autumn because the nuts are ripe and brown, so they taste better.
