I had bought some feeder goldfish for the pond and 2 tadpoles. Damn raccoons came in the night and ate some of them. Found half a body of one of the tads. So I went and bought more and placed a chain link fence gate over the pond. Looks pathetic but it's working. No more deaths! If I keep telling myself the pond now looks bad-ass maybe I'll believe it.
Maybe I should surround it with old car parts to really make a statement.
I could paint some graffiti on the flagstones......
I wonder if I can find a resin frog smoking a joint......
My dogs track and take down flies. Most of the time Ava pins them against the picture window while they try to fly for their lives. Back and forth the across the window. Until the jaws of a 120lb German Shepherd close around them.
Tis a pity.
She's also good about catching them in mid air. Yeah, I can hide at the bottom of the stairs and make scary noises and she will freak out not knowing who it is.....but if a 2mm fly flies in front of her, she can eat it in mid. air. Anna at work say Ava doesn't like the 'behavior' of me hiding around the corner at the bottom of the basement stairs.
I torment her is by poking my head around the wall and she freaks out, She uses her 'real' growl. The one she would use with an intruder. So I keep poking my head around the stairs to look at her, then I pull my head back. Then I poke out again. She really. really. dislikes this. It brings out 'Crazy Dog".
I love fucking with her.
She knows when she is being played too. She gets all happy and I swear she giggles.
She's a good dawg.
We will miss her when it's time. And that time is coming soon. She is 8 yrs old.
I'm getting melancholy here. Gotta stop.
I do. I showed it to Jeff last night. Even he was mesmerized. He watched it to the very end. I didn't even do that when I pinned it. I just knew I liked it. A Lot. It's a great tune.
I couldn't live with myself if I didn't do a blind pick now. Same ammo case I used last time.
When I open this ammo box, I am bombarded with florals. It's like putting one of every flower grown and squishing them into a really tight bouquet. Tart, intense, memories. Only an oil lover will appreciate opening a case with perfume oils in it and basking in the one combined smell. This case is Keosaukua Iowa in the summer. During July 4th. Party, grills, picnics, blooming trees. I smell lavender, violets, and gardenias. It's a very tart smell. Absolutely no foodie in this case. Absolutely no musk, no patch, no incense at all. It's all get out floral. I wish you could smell this.
I have free reign here.
OMG I have a bpal oil named Nemesis.
I recently read a book with the same title. Now the REALLY, REALLY ironic thing is that while I was reading Nemesis by Bill Napier he referenced a secret green liquor made by monks. Which is Chartreuse....that I was turned on to by a bartender at Johnnie White's while in New Orleans this year. The book is a story about 6 intelligent people brought together to find an asteroid heading toward the USA. The Soviet deflected the asteroid so it would hit the USA. They can only assume that. So they are chosen to find the asteroid and give recommendations on how to stop it. If they find it in time. They name the asteroid Nemesis. So they find out there is this 400 year old manuscript that might tell them from an astronomer's notes that a star was travelling too fast, night to night. And that star he described might be the asteroid they are seeking. So if they can get their hands on his manuscripts they might be able to find the asteroid. So one man goes to Europe to track down the manuscript and he finds they have all been stolen. So he must go to an Apiary run by monks to track down the manuscripts.
Okay I am getting to the irony.......
Within this book there are references to the monks making Chartreuse, like twice! (they don't mention Chartreuse by name obviously) Now how ironic is that....that I am reading a book....take off for vacation to New Orleans......while there, turned onto Chartreuse, the green secret liquor made by monks (which is somewhat minty), then coming back home, going to work and reading the rest of Nemesis and reading the part about monks and a green liquor. Whaaaaa??
Whaaaaa?
I am speechless. Now for a triple whammy, watch this video!
On to smelling this oil.....
I think I got this about a year and a half ago.
In the vial: Green. But not TOO green. Antiseptic. Chopping down a pine tree. Without the wood smell. Taking the pines and grinding them up. Minty. Frosty too.
On the hand: Mint, lavender, newly cut pine.
It reminds me of the smell of Chartreuse! The bottle I bought in a store in New Orleans cost $75.00.
What's in this?
The whip-wielding Goddess of Divine Retribution, Justice and Vengeance, and is the force that balances the scales of Tyche's fortune. She is also called Adrasteia, 'she whom none can escape', and Erinys, 'implacable'. Nemesis is the executrix of Olympian justice, and her primary duty is to punish hubris and mankind's offenses against the natural order with inflexible, remorseless and raging fury. Her symbols are a sword and scourge, a measuring rod and scales. Cypress, ginger, fig, dried rose, red patchouli, tonka bean and cyclamen.
OMG I was going to say rose but bit my tongue because I thought I'd be burned...Evidently not....
The cypress is King in this. All the other components are just little jesters in the crowd. I'll have to see what it dries down to, maybe the fig will give it some sweetness.
I'm torn on whether I like it or not. It definitely unique but smelling like a pine tree that's been pulped really isn't for me. I hope it dries into something with less bite.
I made pho again yesterday. I like freezing it in baggies so I can eat it whenever. I am growing Thai Basil too.
Remember those 4 green pepper plants I babied all winter? They are thriving and producing a crazy amount of peppers. I've already picked three and have three others that need picked now.
I am going to try my hand at making homemade pork tamales. I will be making a red sauce that will have dried chile de arbols, guajillos and California chilis, Mexican oregano, onion, fresh garlic, cumin, and allspice.
The dried chilis will be softened in boiling water, then everything will be blended together, strained then heated for about 2o minutes. I will then mix it with some pork that was boiled with mexican oregano, onion, garlic cloves and bay leaf.
I will also be making the masa. After I mix the corn masa with some of the water the pork was cooked in also some baking soda, shortening and salt will be added.
I hope it turns out. I think getting the masa mixture right will be the key.
2 hours later: The nemesis has turned into a warm, golden scent. The cypress has left and the patchouli has been softened by the fig. What a lovely drydown. I am going to put more on. I also have the pork on the stove bathing in the herbs, garlic and onion.
It will be cooked until soft and easily shredded. Yum!
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