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C’mon Spring!

So, a few more things for Feb 18 that I can hardly call “things”:

First, I finally finished the triptych of my sister dressing for her wedding. This involved printing yet another 5×7, adjusting the brightness ever so slightly (I did this at FedEx-Kinkos, not in my darkroom). And finally placing it in the frame.

I have obsessively adjusted the pictures so many times the little tabs that hold the back of the frame on all broke this time. But I figured out a way to put it together.

And finally, I was thinking today after buying fresh mint, dill, and parsley (I’m making stuffed grape leaves later in the week): I really like fresh herbs but I don’t like it when they wilt in the refrigerator. A good way to prevent this is to rinse the herbs and wrap them, still damp, in paper towel. But I don’t really like to waste paper toweling, either. So I “made” this:

I use the word “made” very loosely because as you can see all I did was cut some rectangles of washed muslin and wrapped my herbs in them.

Tonight me and Natalie decided to set up  the chia herb garden we got for Christmas.  The pots were boring, so we painted them super amazing colors.  It was harder than it looks.  But they are the snappiest colors ever, so it was worth it.  And soon we will have some delicious herbs.

I had a leftover bunch of flat leaf parsley in the fridge, so I made pesto, vaguely following this recipe. No parmesan though. Might eat it later in the week with some fresh tomatoes and bread.