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As I mentioned last week, I’ve started harvesting oregano. We have at least five different types. I’m only harvesting what we refer to as the “feral” oregano in the septic field at this point. It is the least pungent of the different oreganos that we have. When it goes to seed, it has really pretty purple flowers.
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Basically, I cut off a bunch of stems, rinse them off, then stick them in the dehydrator. When the leaves dry, they’re really easy to pull off the stems and put into a container.
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This batch will probably just be for us to consume. There’s SO MUCH more oregano in the field that I’m not worried in the least about being able to provide some for our annual BBQ in August.
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This has been a good week. Some writing. Some getting together with friends. I have some pork loin curing in the fridge right now. This is the cut that I make what’s referred to as Canadian bacon. I’ll smoke it sometime next week.
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In the meanwhile, it’s time for me to figure out my next hat to knit, as I just finished the latest one today.
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Here’s a link to the pattern for those who are interested:
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Though this hat looks complicated, the colorwork is actually pretty easy. Not a difficult pattern to follow. The only hard part was the Latvian braid. And by hard I mean it was awkward to do, not that it was difficult to figure out.
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The results are stunning though.
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The red yarn came from Goodwill. I’ve made one sweater and several hats from it. It’s been a wonderful yarn.
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The variegated colored yarn was something that I bought from Knit Picks. It was part of my treat for myself for doing the Q1 accounting. (I don’t like doing the quarterly accounting. Because I work much better with carrots than with sticks, I get to buy myself something knitting related as motivation.)
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I loved this yarn and how it turned out in the hat. I’m looking forward to figuring out other projects to use it in, because the skein had a LOT of yarn on it and I have a lot left over.
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This is another picture, from the top. It really is pretty. Possibly not as pretty as the one done by the person who made the pattern, but still awfully nice.
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And I know this is short but it’s all I have for today. How is your spring going?
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Los Angeles. The city that never sleeps.
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These stories take inspiration from those hard-boiled detectives of yore, with broken noses and steely eyes. The white knight you could rely on because the rest of the world had soured like a rotten apple. Even if he (or she) didn’t follow the rules.
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Or maybe because they broke them in order to see justice done.
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Come see what the MCM Syndicate has to say about these types of “heroes” as we enter our seventh year of publication.
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MCM – So Criminal, It’s Good.
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And now for something a little different...
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For the month of April, Birth of the Star Dragon, a science fiction novel written with an 1950s pulp flair by Blaze Ward, is on sale for $0.99!
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Two tiny lizardmen scientists/criminals power up their illegal wormhole generator, getting ready to kidnap their next victim by pulling the poor human across the galaxy in an instant, forever trapping him in the Accord of Souls.
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Maybe this human won’t destroy everything they love.
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The last human they kidnaped killed the big boss, took over their criminal gang, and now, threatens to conquer the entire galaxy.
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The problem? Despite being criminals, the human they want to kidnap is a cop.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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Birth of the Star Dragon—science fiction written with an 1950s pulp flair—opens new vistas for readers of Blaze Ward. Fantastic, weird worlds, populated by aliens, criminals, and, oh yeah, one human cop.
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Previously published as Awaken the Star Dragon.
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